22 August 2002 MOSCOW, 22 August (Gazeta.Ru)–Prosecutors have officially confirmed that a spent piece of a Strela surface-to-air missile launcher was found abandoned on the second storey of a ruined building near the place where the Mi-26 transport helicopter crashed on Monday. On Wednesday the crash death toll raised to 115. Vladimir Putin declared 22 August a day of national […]
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