Russian Military Helicopter Downed in Syria, Killing 5

A Russian military helicopter was shot down Monday in northwestern Syria, killing all five people on board. Russia's defense ministry said the transport helicopter was hit as it returned from delivering humanitarian aid to the city of Aleppo, and that the dead included two officers and three crew members. "As far as we know from the information we've had from the defense ministry, those in the helicopter died," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists....

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