Ukraine helicopter hit by grenade taking off
A Ukraine helicopter has been crippled in a grenade attack as OSCE monitors are feared missing in volatile east
An Ukrainian military helicopter flies near the village of Malinivka, east of Slavyansk Photo: Baz Ratner/Reuters
2:58PM BST 25 Apr 2014
Following the incident there were fears that the situation had taken a
sinister new turn when Germany said it feared a group of military observers
operating in eastern Ukraine had gone missing. Officials said they could not
contact the delegates from the Organisation for Security Cooperation in
Europe.
The Ukrainian military helicopter exploded at a base near the eastern town of
Kramatorsk on Friday after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade,
officials in Kiev said. The helicopter was hit in the fuel tank and
exploded.
"An army Mi-8 helicopter has exploded at the Kramatorsk aerodrome,"
the defence ministry in Kiev said in a statement.
The chopper was on the ground when it was targeted and that the pilot managed
to escape but sustained injuries.
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