Ukraine military helicopter shot down by pro-Russia rebels over Slavyansk

Kiev says 14 people on board killed as leader of insurgent-held city says held OSCE monitors will be released imminently

Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the self-proclaimed 'people's mayor' of Slavyansk, said the OSCE monitors were safe. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

Alec Luhn and agencies in Donetsk

Thursday 29 May 2014 

A Ukrainian military helicopter has been shot down by rebels over Slavyansk amid heavy fighting around the insurgent-held city in easternUkraine.

Ukraine Military Helicopter Shot Down by Pro-Russia Rebels Over Slavyansk by nelvely