Turchinov: 14 soldiers and a general were killed in the helicopter shot down near Slavyansk
29.05.2014 13:29
(Moscow time)
Kyiv, May 29 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) – In a helicopter shot down by pro-Russian rebels today near Slavyansk, 14 soldiers and General Kulchitsky were killed.
This was announced at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada by the acting President Alexander Turchinov.
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“Terrorists used Russian MANPADS to shoot down our helicopter, which was carrying our military personnel for rotation. 14 of our soldiers died along with General Kulchitsky,” he said, after which the deputies honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence.
“Our armed forces will carry out the task of clearing terrorists to the end. They will be destroyed or put in the dock,” Turchinov concluded.
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