INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Russian army said Tuesday it had shot down two Ukrainian helicopters trying to evacuate the leaders of a nationalist battalion defending
the embattled port of Mariupol."This morning, April 5, around Mariupol, a new attempt by the Kyiv regime to evacuate leaders of the
nationalist Azov battalion was aborted
Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, trying to reach the city from the sea, were shot down by portable anti-aircraft systems," Defense Ministry
spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.He said Moscow had on Tuesday morning proposed that Ukrainian fighters lay down their arms and leave the
army had shot down a Ukrainian helicopter over the Sea of Azov that had come to evacuate commanders of the Azov battalion, which has been
