IS militants destroyed Russian assault helicopter Mi-35 – the second one of this kind in four months
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The Islamic State declared Thursday evening downing a Russian helicopter in Homs eastern countryside, without giving details about the fate of the pilot and the crew,
Orient News reports.
IS-linked media outlet 'Amaq' agency said that the organization was able to destroy a Russian top notch multi-purpose combat helicopter near the Syrian village Howeisis area in Homs eastern countryside
after targeting it with a guided missile, located northwest of Palmyra city.
Later 'Amaq' released a dramatic footage of an explosion of Russian Mi-35,
South Front reports. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Mi-35 was ‘delivering a humanitarian aid' in the area when it was downed because of a technical failure. ISIS militants shelled the landing site with mortars and ‘damaged the helicopter'. The incident took place on November 3.
South Front also states, that Mi-35 was also hit with an anti-tank guided missile. Video shows that the Mi-35 was blown up as result of the shelling.
As reported, the Mi-35's crew (2 men) survived the incident and returned safely to the Russian Khmeimim Airbase in the province of Latakia. The second helicopter that could be observed in the video was a search and rescue mission that had appeared on the scene to take the crew of downed Mi-35 helicopter. Also GAZ ‘Tigr' and KamAZ BMP-97 ‘Vystrel' Russian armored vehicles seen on the site.
It is the second Mi-35 already lost by Putin's army in Syria. In the evening of July 8 2016, 'Amaq' reported that a Russian helicopter was shot down during an IS attack on Palmyra. Several hours later, the Russian Ministry of Defense's press service issued a statement denying the loss of the attack helicopter.
On July 9, Russian media outlet Lenta.ru reported citing own sources that a Russian Mi-35 was indeed shot down, killing two Russian servicemen. After the pilots' names were reported, the authorities issued another statement, confirming the deaths of two Russian soldiers but denying it was a Russian helicopter.
In the evening of July 9, IS posted a video of the Russian-crewed helicopter falling.
Conflict Intelligence Team experts identified it as a Mi-35M ‘Hind-E', which is in service in Russian army only. Moreover, they stated copter was shot down by ‘friendly fire' with the trailing helicopter's unguided rocket.
Few weeks later Russian
Mi-8 multi-purpose helicopter was downed in Syria.
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The arsenal was stored in an underground bunker
An underground bunker with a massive arsenal of weapons, including missiles, mortars and anti-tank mines, was found in a private house just outside Ukraine's capital, Kyiv prosecutor's office reported on Friday.
An armoured personnel carrier came as another unexpected find.
The arsenal was uncovered in a suburban village of Boryspil district, which is hundreds of kilometers away from Ukraine's conflict zone.
"During the search, which was conducted with the involvement of an explosive ordnance disposal team and a canine team, police discovered 60 objects looking like Grad rockets, items looking like shells for an infantry fighting vehicle, 4 items looking like ammunition to portable anti-aircraft missile system, about 200 items similar to anti-tank mines, an AT mounted grenade launcher, an anti-tank rocket launcher and numerous armor-piercing shells," Kyiv prosecutor's office said in statement.
The confiscated weapons will be sent for inspection.
Police have launched a criminal case, investigation is underway to find out where the weapons come from.
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MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. Two Russian servicemen from the reconciliation center received minor wounds as militants shelled a humanitarian corridor near the western part of the Castello road in Syria's Aleppo opened for the withdrawal of armed groups, Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday.
At 2.45 p.m. Moscow time on Friday the humanitarian corridor came under fire carried out by militants from the eastern part of the city. The shelling was conducted with the use of gas balloons from home-made rocket launchers and mortars.
"The wounded servicemen were immediately evacuated to a safe area of the city where they received all the necessary medical aid. Their life is not under threat," the ministry said. Some 50 Russian, Western and Arab reporters were evacuated from the corridor.
The ministry said the live stream of the insurgents’ withdrawal from Aleppo launched on its official website on Friday morning has been suspended.
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Russian helicopter makes emergency landing in Syria, comes under mortar fire, crew is safe - reconciliation center
^^^^^jihadi supreme court
