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A handout picture released be the Ukrainain Defence Ministry Press Service on 02 May 2014 claims to show several weapons, mobile phones and other items, all allegedly belonging to four people suspected of having shot down a Ukrainian helicopter, being presented next to the four people arrested by Ukrainian forces near of a checkpoint near Slaviansk, Ukraine, 02 May 2014. At least three people were killed and several were injured in clashes between Ukrainian forces and separatists in the eastern city of Sloviansk early on 02 May. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that two crew members were killed and an unspecified number of soldiers were injured after separatists shot down two Mi-24 assault helicopters with surface-to-air missiles. Sloviansk has been at the centre of a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine. The city of some 100,000 has been held by well-armed militias for weeks. (Photo by EPA/Ukrainian Defence Ministry Press)
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