A helicopter crashed about 72 kilometers off Morgan City in the state of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico coast of the USA. The US Coast Guard announced that rescuers were dispatched to the scene. As part of the rescue operation carried out in the helicopter, which was turned upside down in the water, 2 of the 3 crew members were taken to the hospital, and the dead body of the other person was recovered.
An investigation is underway into the incident.
Andriy Portnov, former aide to ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in Madrid’s upscale Pozuelo de Alarcon district. Spanish authorities say unidentified gunmen opened fire as the 52-year-old was dropping off his children at school, striking him in the back and head before fleeing.
Portnov, a former MP and lawyer, fled Ukraine with Yanukovych in 2014, briefly returned in 2019, and was later sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged judicial corruption.
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