L’helicopter sowed terror in Mala Rohan and in the neighboring villages, about fifteen kilometers east of Kharkiv, according to what is said, because the stories grow, peddled by the inhabitants. Even those who have not left their cellars believe they have seen it. One certainty: one day, the helicopter, an Mi-28, crashed into a green field below the village, from where it has not moved since. The blades and the rotor are charred, the cockpit is pulverized. All that remains is the rear fuselage on which can be read the identification number of the aircraft, RF-91882, a large capital “Z” and the Cyrillic acronyms BKC POCCI.
Gathered not far away, at the intersection of two dented streets in the center of Mala Rohan, the villagers await a distribution of food. No one comes…
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