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Cameron offers more Typhoons for Nato air mission

Britain will offer another two Typhoon warplanes to patrol the skies of eastern Europe amid continuing tensions with Russia over the Ukraine cris, David Cameron has said.

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'Four arrests' after Slaviansk helicopter attacks kill two

Four people have been arrested after two helicopters were shot down in the south east Ukrainian city of Slaviansk, the country's defence ministry said.

In a statement on their website, the ministry said: "In the result of events within the anti-terror operation at the block-post near Slavyansk there are [arrests of] four persons who allegedly shot down helicopters from PZRK."

Men seen tied up after reported arrests. Credit: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

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