DONETSK, Ukraine
Pro-Russian militants shot down a Ukrainian helicopter, killing 14 soldiers on board in Slavyansk, east of Ukraine, according to the country's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov.
The helicopter was hit during heavy fighting between the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, according to Turchynov.
Operations launched by Ukrainian security forces against pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine are continuing.
Slavyansk’s self-proclaimed mayor, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Ponomarev, asked civilians to leave the town.
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