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MOSCOW:  All five men on board a Russian Mi-8 helicopter were confirmed dead as the craft was shot down in Syria on Monday morning, TheNewsTribe.com learnt from Tass news agency.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media that the helicopter was involved in the humanitarian operation.

“The craft was shot down by the ground,” told Peskov to local media.

“All those inside the helicopter, as far as we know from information available from the Defense Ministry, died. They died a heroic death, because they tried to steer the aircraft away to minimize casualties on the ground,” Peskov said.

“The Kremlin offers deep condolences to the dear ones of our killed military servicemen,” he added.

The Russian helicopter Mi-8 was shot down with fire from the ground in Syria’s Idlib province, the Defense Ministry’s press-service said earlier.

“On August 1, a Russian transport helicopter Mi-8 was shot down with fire from the ground on the way to the Hmeymim air base after delivering humanitarian aid to the city of Aleppo. There were three crewmembers and two officers from Russia’s center for the reconciliation of warring factions in Syria on board.

All available resources have been employed with the aim to find out what happened to the Russian military servicemen,” the Defense Ministry’s report ran.

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