At least one helicopter crashed on Saturday in a southern Russian region bordering Ukraine, local authorities said, with one official saying Moscow has lost four aircraft.<\/p>\n
In a terse statement on messaging app Telegram, Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk region in southern Russia, said a helicopter crashed in the town of Klintsy.<\/p>\n
He did not say what happened to the crew but added that a woman suffered injuries and was hospitalised.<\/p>\n
Five houses have been damaged, he said, without elaborating on the reason behind the crash.<\/p>\n
But in a conflicting statement, Vladimir Rogov, a Moscow-installed official in the Russian-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, said thatfour Russian aircraft had been shot out of the sky: two MI-8 helicopters, an SU-35 fighter jet and an SU-34 fighter bomber.<\/p>\n
He said that the crew of the helicopters and the SU-34 had died.<\/p>\n
He did not provide further details.<\/p>\n
Footage of several Russian aircraft crashing in the region of Bryansk has been circulating on Russian social media. One video shows a helicopter apparently being hit and catching fire.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate comment from the Russian defence ministry.<\/p>\n
Russians are very upset today, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on social media.<\/p>\n
We can understand them: minus two fighter jets and minus two helicopters.<\/p>\n
Western allies have delivered increasingly powerful weapons to Ukraine, and Britain this week announced it would send Storm Shadow missiles, becoming the first country to send longer-range arms to Kyiv.<\/p>\n
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