Ukraine's navy denies targeting and striking a Russian helicopter that crashed off the coast of Crimea. The incident's cause and the fate of the crew remain unknown.
Ukraine did not shoot down a Russia n helicopter in western Crimea early on Wednesday, its navy has said, amid contradictory reports from Moscow and Kyiv.Lieutenant Commander Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, told Newsweek that Ukraine did not target and strike a Russia n helicopter that crashed off coast of the annexed peninsula on Wednesday. Ukraine could not confirm whether the incident was the result of friendly fire, nor whether the crew survived, Pletenchuk said.
In late March, a Russian Su-27 crashed into the sea near Sevastopol. The Russian-installed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said the pilot had survived and was rescued two hundred meters from the Crimean shoreline.However, the British government assessed earlier this month that there was a 'realistic possibility' that the jet could have been a victim of friendly fire by Russia's own air defenses.
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