[REGNUM] The crew of the Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed on the evening of June 24 in the Gatchinsky District of the Leningrad Region, managed to move the car away from the village of Korpikyulya before the fall, the North-Western District of the Russian Guard told reporters.
Judging by the photographs from the scene of the emergency that appeared in social networks and the media, when it fell into the field, the helicopter completely collapsed and burned down just a few tens of meters from the outbuildings of the village.
Recall that during the fall of a transport-combat helicopter of an aviation squadron of the North-Western District of the Russian Guard, which was performing a training flight without weapons, three crew members were killed.
The Commission of the North-Western District of the Russian Guard is investigating the causes of the disaster.
[TASS] The Kremlin voiced regret over the incident with the British destroyer in the Black Sea, dismissing this as deliberate and prepared provocation, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
"We consider that the British destroyer has carried out provocation. Moreover, we regret as this was deliberate and prepared provocation," Peskov said, commenting on the June 23 incident in the Black Sea.
The actions of British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea violate international law, they are unacceptable, Peskov stressed. "Of course, we are concerned over the actions of the British vessel. We consider such actions unacceptable, they are in violation of international law," the spokesman said.
According to him, Russia’s border guards and armed forces will hold a rather tough stance if anyone tries to stage provocations like this incident with the British warship in the Black Sea in the future.
On June 23, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Black Sea Fleet, acting in cooperation with the border guard force of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), stopped a violation of the state border by the British destroyer HMS Defender off Crimea's Cape Fiolent. The destroyer ventured three kilometers into Russia's territorial waters. A border guard patrol ship fired warning shots, and a Sukhoi-24M bomber dropped bombs ahead of the destroyer. After that, the HMS Defender left Russia's territorial waters.
The Russian Defense Ministry later described the British ship's actions as a gross violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and urged the British side to investigate the crew's actions.
Related: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue demarche to Brit ambassador
[TASS] British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday over the incident with the British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea, and a tough demarche will be delivered to her, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Rossiya-24 TV channel.
"We said yesterday that the British envoy would be summoned. She will be in the Foreign Ministry today. A tough demarche will be issued to her," Zakharova stated.
The diplomat stressed that the upcoming meeting would be unpleasant for the British side. "Such rude moves should receive a respective response," Zakharova pointed out.
Zakharova also drew attention to the contradictions in the British side’s interpretation of the situation.
"At first, they said that there was nothing at all. Later it was stated that the Russian side was reporting the events incorrectly, and then they started speaking about some innocent passage of [the destroyer]," she explained.
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[REGNUM] The crew of the Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed on the evening of June 24 in the Gatchinsky District of the Leningrad Region, managed to move the car away from the village of Korpikyulya before the fall, the North-Western District of the Russian Guard told reporters.
