Military helicopter crashed in Russia's Oryol region, crew died

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Moscow: A military helicopter crashed on Friday near the village of Naryshkino in Russia's Oryol region, killing the crew, the state news agency TASS reported, citing the Moscow military district headquarters.

The preliminary cause of the crash was technical malfunction, TASS reported.

Regional governor Andrei Klychkov said via his channel in Telegram that there were no casualties among the local population, and that fire crews were working at the scene.