The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered serious losses. Zelensky demanded to find out
As a result of the crash of a Ukrainian military helicopter Mi-8 in the Rivne region, four Ukrainian Armed Forces officers were killed.
This was reported on the Ukrainian Ground Forces Facebook page.
It is noted that the accident occurred on May 29 at 23.27 during a training flight.
The names of the dead are also given:
1. The crew commander is the commander of the 16th separate brigade (Brody, Lviv region), Colonel Igor Mazepa.
2. Pilot-navigator, senior lieutenant Vladislav Popenko.
3. On-board aviation technician-instructor, captain Vasily Romanyuk.
4. Onboard aviation technician, senior lieutenant Pavel Datsyuk.
In turn, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky ordered to understand the causes of the crash.
“Not a good morning. Military helicopter crash in Rivne region. Four dead soldiers. I instructed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Khomchak, to take the investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy under personal control,” Zelensky wrote on social networks.
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