Pro-Russian forces in Slovyansk have shot down a Ukrainian Mi-24 attack helicopter, killing one airman and wounding others, after the army launched an operation against the separatist stronghold. Ukraine's SBU security service on Friday, May 2, 2014, said one Mi-24 gunship had been shot down, killing one airman and leading to the capture of another.
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| Pro-Russian militia with armoured vehicles flying Russian flags in the city of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine. |