MOSCOW, Aug 29, 2023 (AFP) – An FSB security services helicopter crashed Tuesday in central Russia leaving three people dead, regional officials said. The MI-8 helicopter went down near the village of Krasnoe Pole in the Chelyabinsk region, the governor said without indicating a cause for the incident. “According to preliminary information, three people died,” governor Aleksei Teksler said on social media. There was no damage to buildings or individuals on the ground, he added […]
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Russia and Ukraine square off over Crimea ‘raids’
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – by Max DELANY with Dmitry ZAKS in Kiev Russia and Ukraine stepped up security around Crimea on Thursday as tensions soared over accusations by Moscow that Kiev had attempted armed incursions into the disputed peninsula. Russia’s FSB security service said on Wednesday it had thwarted “terrorist attacks” in Crimea this week by Ukrainian military intelligence and beaten back armed assaults, but Kiev fiercely denied the claims. The allegations ratcheted up the […]
