Defense Minister of Ukraine shared video of the incident on November 2, 2022. Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces have reported shooting down several Russian helicopters in recent weeks.
A Ukrainian official on Wednesday shared a video he said showed an attack on a Russian helicopter.
“Flights to Ukraine harm the Russian occupiers,” said Ukraine’s defense minister tweeted.
Defense Minister of Ukraine shared a video He said he was showing a Russian helicopter being shot out of the sky.
Footage shared by Oleksii Reznikov on Wednesday shows a helicopter flying over a wide field before being pounded by a missile.
The helicopter, which appears to be flying alone, bursts into flames but continues to glide for a few seconds before falling to the ground and exploding in a ball of fire and smoke.
Watch the video here:
“Ukrainians love birds very much,” Reznikov tweeted alongside the video. “We cannot accept the presence in our skies of these disgusting Russian metal objects – which frighten our fauna.”
“UAArmy warns: flights to Ukraine are harmful to Russian occupiers,” he added.
It is unclear when and where the recordings were made. Insider could not independently verify the video.
Ukraine has reported shooting down several Russian helicopters in recent weeks.
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This was announced by the British Ministry of Defense intelligence update last week that there have been at least 23 confirmed losses of Russian KA-52 attack helicopters in Ukraine since the invasion began in February.
“This represents over 25% of the Russian Air Force’s operational fleet of 90 KA-52s and nearly half of Russia’s total helicopter losses in Ukraine,” the update said.
The Ka-52 helicopter is a single-seat attack helicopter that has been touted by state media as a sign of Russia’s military might, The Kyiv Post reported.
On Monday, Ukrainian forces sabotaged an airbase deep in Russia, near the Latvian border, and planted explosives in the military helicopters, CNN reported.
Two Ka-52s were destroyed at the airfield in the Pskov region, and two others were badly damaged by military intelligence of Ukraine said.
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