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Ukrainian Security Service officers die as helicopter is shot down in Sloviansk

Published June 25, 2014 at 10:57 am

View of a wrecked gas station in the besieged city of Slavyansk on June 24, 2014. Separatists of the self-proclaimed \"Donetsk People's Republic\" in Sloviansk are surrounded by Ukrainian forces and have been enduring daily shelling for over two months.

Photo by AFP

The Ukrainian Security Service has confirmed that the Mil Mi-8 helicopter shot down in Sloviansk was carrying its officers.

“The helicopter crash killed four employees of the Ukrainian Security Service – three officers and one warrant officer,” the press center told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday, June 24.

Acting head of the human resources department Oleksandr Rozmaznin said earlier there were Security Service officers amongst victims of the Mi-8 helicopter incident.