It is interesting that the losses of Russian fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters are about the same. If the Ukrainian ADA were not so effective and the Russians could use their large helicopter gunships freely it would provide the invaders with a decisive advantage in supporting their deliberate short goal offensives.
Now, we have this:
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March, Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Mi-35M helicopter with MANPADS, in the Kyiv Reservoir (see also Battle of Kyiv). On 5 May 2022, the helicopter was retrieved by Ukrainian engineers in Vyshgorod. Two Russian Mi-35 were shot down by a MANPADS on 5 March 2022. On 6 March, one Mi-24P with registration number RF-94966 was shot down by Ukrainian MANPADS in Kyiv Oblast. On 8 March 2022 one Ukrainian Mil Mi-24 from the Ukrainian 16th Army Aviation Brigade [uk] was lost over Brovary, Kyiv. Pilots Col. Oleksandr Maryniak and Cptn. Ivan Bezzub were killed. On 17 March a Russian Mi-35M was reported destroyed by Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, unknown location. On 1 April 2022, two Ukrainian Mi-24s reportedly entered Russia and attacked an oil storage facility in Belgorod.
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https://twitter.com/SlavaUk30722777/status/1639953547956715520
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