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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Rebels shoot down Ukraine military helicopter killing 14

Alexander Borodai, Prime Minister of self-declared Supreme Council of Donetsk People's Republic speaks to the media in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The Supreme Council of Donetsk People's Republic separatists claim Kiev is denying them rights, including the right to use the Russian language and asserted that insurgents were being killed because they are Russian. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - Rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around Slovyansk, killing at least 12 soldiers including a general, officials said. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told the parliament in Kyiv that rebels used a portable air defence missile to bring down the helicopter. He said 14 died, including Gen. Serhiy Kulchytskiy, according to the Interfax news agency. Ukraine's National Guards put the death toll at 12 including the general, but said information about the crash was still being clarified.




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