Cika wannan jumla:
Siege na Sloviansk, a ranar 2 ga Mayu 2014, 'yan tawaye masu goyon bayan Rasha sun harbe' yan tawaye biyu na Ukrainian Mi-24. Sojojin Ukraine sun yi ikirarin cewa MANPADS sun harbe su yayin da suke sintiri kusa da Slavyansk. Gwamnatin Ukraine ta tabbatar da cewa an harbe jiragen biyu, tare da Mi-8 da aka lalata ta hanyar kananan makamai. Rahotannin farko sun ambaci mutuwar mutane biyu da wasu da suka ji rauni; daga baya, an tabbatar da mutuwar ma'aikatan jirgin biyar kuma an kama daya har sai an sake shi a ranar 5 ga Mayu.