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The National Guard of Ukraine has said that a group of gunmen who brought down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter outside Sloviansk, Donetsk region, has been eliminated during the anti-terrorist operation.

“In response to the actions by terrorists, the forces of the anti-terrorist operation carried out artillery bombardment and air strike of the territory, from where the fire was coming. As the result, a group of criminals involved in the shooting, was destroyed,” the National Guard said in a statement.