SBU: Foreign military specialists shot down helicopter above Sloviansk
An anti-terrorist operation has started in this Donetsk Oblast city this morning.
The battle is taking place in the centre of the city. Three separatists' APCs have been put out of action. Three Ukrainian helicopters were shot down, militants claimed. Ukraine only confirmed the loss of one helicopter.
The battle is being conducted by experienced foreign military specialists instead of local ‘peaceful citizens’, the SBU Anti-Terrorist Centre claimed. They are using man-portable air-defence systems.
The Ukrainian riot police have to fight ‘professional hirelings’, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov said. He mentioned 9 liquidated roadblocks, one Ukrainian policemen lost killed and a few wounded policemen. Terrorists are firing from tenement buildings, Avakov reported.
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