10:30, 26 December 2012 | GMT +5
Ukrainian Interior Ministry helicopter crashes, five dead
KIEV. December 26. KAZINFORM A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Interior Troops crashed at the Aleksandria airfield in the Kirovograd region on Tuesday, December 25, Itar-Tass reported.

Five people died as a result of the accident, the Interior Ministry press service said.
"After the ascent, the Mi-8 helicopter started falling suddenly for unknown reasons and crashed," the statement said.
There crewmembers and two ground maintenance specialists died.
Investigators are working at the scene of the accident. A special commission led by Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Ratushnyak will investigate the accident.