Mi-2 helicopter of Ukrainian Armed Forces crashed near Malinovka near Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, the accident occurred due to a collision with power lines.

"In order to clarify and clarify the reasons for the aircraft crash and evacuate the dead crew members, on-site drop helicopters are on duty search and rescue forces and a group of officers of the headquarters of the antiterrorist operation. After the helicopter crashed, an investigation was launched, "the press center of the ATU headquarters said on Sunday, March 26.

The Ministry of Defense, in turn, clarified that as a result of the disaster, according to preliminary data, killing five people.

"There is information about the death of three crew members and two passengers," said Defense Ministry spokeswoman Oksana Gavrilyuk in the comments of UNN.

Earlier it was reported that the GPU opened criminal proceedings against the Ministry of Defense on the purchase of helicopters unsuitable for operation from a commercial enterprise. The investigation established that in 2010 the Ministry of Defense sold to the enterprise in 2010 as excessive military equipment unsuitable for use. Thus, the state suffered damage amounting to about 12.7 million hryvnia, military officials face from 5 to 7 years of imprisonment.