Mil Mi-17

The Serbian defence ministry told BIRN that it cannot release details of the contract to buy two Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters from Russia because they are still classified.

The Serbian Ministry of Defense has published photographs of the two new military helicopters Serbia has bought from Russia.

The two Mi-17 V5s are currently in the factory in Kazan, RF, and will be transported to Serbia aboard an airplane in June, the daily Blic is reporting.

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter has come under attack during a search and rescue operation tasked with saving the two pilots of the downed Su-24 warplane in Syria, the Russian military said on Tuesday.

Serbia will buy two Russian helicopters for a total of USD 23.5 million - considerably less than previously agreed, according to a Belgrade-based daily.

The Democratic Party announced on Monday that it would file an official request to the parliamentary speaker, Maja Gojkovic, to set up a parliamentary inquiry committee to independently investigate the crash which has sparked public controversy.

BELGRADE - Crew members are primarily responsible for the recent crash of a military helicopter in which seven people were killed, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade said on Friday.

Patience advised as deadline for Mi-17 crash report expires

BELGRADE -- Defense and justice ministers Bratislav Gasic and Nikola Selakovic on Monday appealed for "patience" when it comes to the Mi-17 crash investigation.

PM "takes responsibility - but doesn't know what for"

OBRENOVAC -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says the Serbian Army (VS) is conducting "a professional investigation" into the crash of one of its helicopters last week.

The results will be published "soon," Vucic told reporters in Obrenovac on Tuesday.

Day of mourning observed for helicopter crash victims

BELGRADE -- A day of mourning was observed on Sunday for the seven people killed in the crash of a military helicopter in Belgrade late on Friday.

BELGRADE - Two commissions have been set up to determine the causes of and the responsibility for the crash of a military helicopter that killed seven people, the Serbian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Ljubisa Dikovic, said on Saturday.