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22 December 2012
December 21, 2012 (LONDON) — The South Sudanese army, SPLA, shot down a United Nations helicopter in the troubled state of Jonglei, killing all the members of its Russian crew, the international organisation said.
Eduardo del Buey, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, announced Friday that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported that one of its MI-8 helicopters with four crew members on board was shot down.
He said that "in subsequent communications between (...)
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