DIU confirms that Russian helicopter 'landed', work with crew underway

There is information that a Russian Mi-8 combat helicopter has landed in Ukraine, and work with the crew is underway.

Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, said this on the air of the 'United News' telethon, answering the question about the landing of a Russian MI-8 helicopter with a crew at the Poltava airfield, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

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"There will be official information on this. Preliminary - yes, there is such information. We are working with the crew as well. Everything is fine, we just need to wait a little bit. There will be news," he said.

Earlier on Facebook, journalist Yuriy Butusov informed that a Russian Mi-8 combat helicopter with the entire crew flew to Ukraine and surrendered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.