Military helicopter МІ-24 crashes under Pruzhany

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus confirmed the information about the catastrophe, reports Radio Liberty.

There is no information about the reasons for the accident.

The persons who died are:
Commander of the crew Mayor Aleh Kakhno

Board engineer Captain Valery Babko
Pilot Hlushchanka (his first name is unknown yet)

This is the second helicopter crash with human victims for the recent time. In October, a helicopter which belonged to frontier services crashed near the Lithuanian border in Pastavy district. Five people died - the crew and the journalists who prepared a report.