8th July 2016, the social networks appeared information about the downed helicopter in the area of the Syrian Palmyra. Information picked up by the Arab media with updates about the ownership of the helicopter to videoconferencing. The evening of the same day, the representative of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation on the airbase Hnamemappings media reports: “All Russian combat helicopters in the Syrian Arab Republic, after performing the planned tasks safely back on the ground. No loss of Russian aircraft no. The next day, the militants posted on Youtube a video in which the helicopter gunship strikes on ground targets with unguided rockets. After the second volley can be seen that the helicopter was hit in the tail rotor and began to decline with the tightening.
The evening of the same day, the representative of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation stated: “the 8th of July, the Russian military instructor to Rafagat Khabibulin and Evgeny Dolgin, overflew Syrian Mi-25 (export version of the Mi-24) with ammunition in HOMS province (Syria). The crew received a request from the Syrian command group for fire damage to the attacking militants. The commander of the crew to Rafagat Khabibulin made the decision to attack the terrorists. Having spent ammunition, when turning in the opposite direction, the helicopter was shot down by terrorists ground fire and crashed in an area controlled by the Syrian government army. The crew of the helicopter died.” As we can see, the Russian propaganda denies the identity of the downed helicopter to videoconferencing. In parallel, replaces the notion of tasks for fire support from the air, the expressions “overflew with ammunition”, and denies the involvement of Russian commanders in the planning and conduct of this operation, claiming that the crew “received a request from the Syrian command groups in fire damage”. In other words, according to the defense Ministry, the crew was testing the Syrian air force helicopter in a war zone. Heard on radio request for help, he took an independent decision to inflict fire attack accidentally available ammunition. By the way, the footage of falling of the helicopter is clearly visible landing gear and short wings with two points of suspension arms, indicating a modern modification of the Mi-35M, which is in service exclusively to the armed forces. Another attempt of lies from the Russian propaganda to extradite a Russian helicopter in Syrian.
Recall that in early 2016 the Syrian media recorded appearance on the basis Hamim helicopters Mi-35M videoconferencing (link 1, link 2) with registration numbers RF-13029 and RF-13021. And the dead pilots to Rafagat Khabibulin and Evgeny Dolgin served in the 55-th separate regiment of army aviation (air base Korenovsk), which in 2012 had adopted the new Mi-35M.
Realizing the absurdity of quickly concocted the lies about downed helicopter, the Russian propaganda machine sends to Palmyra famous in certain circles of the character Marat Musin, Director of the so-called news Agency ANNA-NEWS, the Russian propaganda resource, funding and curiousity FSB). Result of “work” Mussina — video from the crash site of the helicopter called Palmyra. Reporting from the scene of the death of the Colonel and Lieutenant Khabibulin Dolgin”. Based on the analysis of the video, determined the exact place of falling of the helicopter, as well as guidelines: the granary and the single storey building:
When viewing caused a surprise explosion has burned the Mi-35M.
What a blast, what for? No attacks have been observed, the operator is still close to explosion. Therefore, it is an intentional undermining, which arranged arrived on the scene together with Musin military.
And again the question arises: why and to what purpose? Everything becomes clear after a more careful review. In assembling a nice FSB-shnye the propagandists changed the temporal sequence of removed material. We see the first explosion, then Mussina with a piece of melted metal in his hands. And it was just the opposite. This fact gave us the opportunity to understand what is happening. In the screenshot below we can see the intact tail boom of the helicopter (duration 2:09):
Then look at the screen (duration 2:03): tail boom practically destroyed by the explosion.
Conclusions that are obvious: the explosion was committed to the destruction of the remaining after the fall of the Mi-35M decals and other identifying characteristics that enable identification of a specific Board. Another version: the concealment of the real causes of the helicopter crash (the type of weapon and ammunition, which he was hit). By the way, the defense Ministry officially stated that the helicopter was shot down by anti-tank missile TOW-71 us production, although the ATRA is managed by the wire and unable to hit moving targets with a speed above 60 km / h (at the moment of impact the speed of the helicopter was above 150 km / h). Besides, why hold the undermining of the tail boom, if it was possible to conduct an examination to determine the type of ammunition, which he was hit?
The volunteers of the international community InformNapalm thank Mussina and news Agency ANNA-NEWS for yet another puncture, which once again accuses of lying Russian propaganda machine and inserts the curators from FSB. On the timing of the report 0:52 in the frame were the Mi-35M, which flies over the Tadmur airbase, located in Palmyra.
Similar situation with the puncture had Mussina in September 2014, when shots of the report from ANNA NEWS got the T-72BA 21-th separate motorized rifle brigade of the armed forces, destroyed by units of Ukrainian armed forces near Starobeshevo Donetsk region. Read more here.
