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| Date: | Wednesday 20 August 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Ukraine Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Luhansk region -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Separatists downed one Mil Mi-24 helicopter from the Ukrainian Air Force with a portable air defence system in the Luhansk region on Wednesday 20 August 2014 and struck another helicopter.
The first helicopter crashed and the two crew members died.
The second helicopter apparently made an emergency landing within the territory controlled by Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/
http://world.einnews.com/article/219526751/DLOiX9hGZKEdCbtP
http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/eleven-killed-in-fresh-fighting-in-eastern-ukraine_351487.html
https://niqnaq.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/another-day-another-kot-ivanov-map-another-cumulative-novorossiya-post/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2014 08:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Aug-2014 15:19 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Aug-2014 15:19 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 15:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 17:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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