MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHED IN CHECHNYA
RIA Novosti
GROZNY, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - A military helicopter crashed on the border of the Urus-Martan district and Zavodskoi district in Chechnya, an officer on duty of the Chechen Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti.
"The helicopter caught on a high voltage power transmission line, fell down on a field and caught fire," RIA Novosti's interlocutor said.
The Chechen Interior Ministry has no information about the victims.
Additional units of the Chechen Interior Ministry and federal forces and a group of investigators arrived at the site of the accident.
The site is currently blocked and traffic on nearby roads is limited.
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