A Mil MI8 belonging to the Interior Ministry has crashed after take off near the central Ukraine city of Olexandriya killing all 5 persons on board.

The accident happened in the evening of Tuesday 25th December around 300 Km to the SE of the capital, Kiev.

Link - Global Post:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/121225/ukraine-helicopter-crash-kills-5

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