Two Mi-8 military helicopters crashed in Kramatorsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast, killing six Ukrainian pilots on August 29, 2023.
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Two military helicopters crashed in Donetsk Oblast on August 29, killing six pilots.
The victims had officer ranks.
One victim was from Poltava Oblast, others from other regions of Ukraine.
Six Ukrainian pilots died when two helicopters crashed in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 29 under unknown circumstances
The pilots belonged to the 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade and were carrying out military tasks in the Bakhmut direction at the time of the incident
Two Mi-8 military helicopters were completely destroyed in the crash. The bodies of all six soldiers were found on the spot
Two Mi-8 military transport helicopters crashed in the Donets region, killing all six personnel on board and destroying both aircraft
1 person was killed and 8 were injured as a result of shelling in the Donetsk region.
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