Ukraine War: First Successful One Way Drone Attack On In-Flight Helicopter
August 2nd, 2024Via: The Warzone:
This morning, a Russian Mi-8AMTSh Hip helicopter crashed near Donetsk City. Russian sources report it was downed by a Ukrainian one-way attack drone.
“Yesterday we wrote about the enemy’s attempts to operate drones against our army aviation,” wrote the Voivode Broadcasts Telegram channel, which first reported the incident. “Unfortunately… today they succeeded.”
The helicopter was hit “at the moment of takeoff,” Voivode Broadcasts wrote.
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