Russian Mi-8 military helicopter forced into hard landing after losing contact

This was reported by the propaganda outlet RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Investigative Committee.

The Russian military helicopter Mi-8 was en route from Irkutsk to Orlik in Buryatia when contact was lost on the border between the two regions.

According to propagandists, investigators are trying to establish the exact number of people who were on board the helicopter.

Later, TASS reported that the helicopter had made a “hard landing” near the border between the Irkutsk region and Buryatia. There were 6 people on board, two of whom were injured.

• On the morning of Saturday, August 31, Russia reported the disappearance of an Mi-8 helicopter flying from the village of Nikolaevka in Kamchatka towards the Vachkazhets volcano. There could have been 22 people on board, including the financial director of the Russian football union.