“Unfortunately, one crew member was killed.

The second is now being provided with all the necessary assistance.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated, ”he wrote on his VKontakte page.

Earlier it was reported that at 14:15 Moscow time, information was received about a hard landing of the Mi-2 helicopter in the Uvinsky region of Udmurtia.

On board, according to preliminary data, there were two people.

According to local authorities, the crew of the Mi-2 helicopter that made a hard landing near Izhevsk summoned rescuers themselves.