ITAR-Tass quoted another version from military eyewitnesses, who said they saw the helicopter hit by an object resembling a small missile or the gunfire of a heavy machine gun.

• 伊塔--塔斯社引述军方目击者的说法指出，他们看到这架直升机被一种类似小型飞弹或巨型机关枪的炮火击中。