Quite confusing article as to what actually shot down the Russian craft. Fighter jets? Manpads?
Fighter jets would be especially encouraging.
from the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) was also destroyed.
“Within half an hour on January 24, Ukrainian fighter jets shot down three Russian Ka-52 attack choppers. Airplanes flew missions in and around Yevhenivka (Volnovakha district, Donetsk province ). Defense forces from Ukraine were able to shoot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet near the town of Bakhmut.”
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missiles brought down all helicopters in the first hour of January 24.
“However, it is unclear from the tweet what type of anti-aircraft missile was utilized to bring down the helicopters. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense tweeted, “Alligators shouldn’t fly,” about Russian helicopters.
It is not the first time the Ukrainian Armed Forces have shot down several Russian helicopters in record time. In October 2022, the Ukrainian armed forces reportedly destroyed four Russian helicopters in 18 minutes in the country’s south.
One of these helicopters was a Ka-52 Alligator that crashed in territory that had, at the time, been recently liberated from Russian control.
Because of the massive air defense system and anti-aircraft missile deployment by the Ukrainian military, Russian planes avoid Ukrainian airspace and fire missiles from a safe distance.”
CORRECT: information not disclosed.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missiles brought down all helicopters in the first hour of January 24.
“However, it is unclear from the tweet what type of anti-aircraft missile was utilized to bring down the helicopters.