Zab Russian Mi-8 near Donetsk: it became known who was on board (photo)

The names of the fallen Russians, who were on board the transport helicopter, who probably knocked down the Ukrainian drone began to appear in the Russian social networks. Among them are residents of the Rostov region. On Wednesday, July 31 near occupied Donetsk, the Mi-8 Rosgvardi helicopter crashed. According to preliminary data, there were 20 people on the board. These are crew and wounded occupiers who were transported by the helicopter. They all died.

Journalist Yuri Butusov posted a photo of one of the dead. This is the flight engineer Oleg Rtishchev from the village of Bagaevskaya Rostov region. In one of the groups in the prohibited social network "VKontakte" there was a post about the disaster of the Mi-8 transport helicopter helicopter. It stated that the resident of Kamyansk-Shakhtynsky Ivan P. , as well as the commander of the medical platoon, Senior Lieutenant Tagadrian Georgiy Georgievich, was on board.

In the comments under reporting, the correspondent Volodymyr Rtishchev reported that his brother Oleg was a flight engineer on this Mi-8. We will remind, on July 31 near the occupied Donetsk explosions. Telegram channels reported the fall of the Mi-8 helicopter. It was assumed that he was a victim of "friendly fire". That is, it was destroyed by Russian air defense. However, according to Forbes, Mi-8 could hit the Ukrainian kilogram drone.