According to the pilot with the call sign “Father”, the enemy brings personnel in armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and the aviation of the RF Armed Forces destroys this equipment on approaches. “Now, in flight, they destroyed a unit with a guided missile,” the military said.
The Defense Ministry added that the Ka-52 crews destroyed the armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of the Vikhr-M aviation anti-tank missile system.
Acting in combat pairs, the pilots of the Ka-52 and Mi-28N conducted covert target approaches at extremely low altitude, hitting enemy ground targets with guided and unguided projectiles. The base of the affected equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine consisted of foreign tanks and Western infantry fighting vehicles, the department said.
Earlier, the German magazine Spiegel admitted that Western weapons cannot cope with the Russian Ka-52 helicopter, which poses a huge threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The publication notes that the “Alligator” is considered one of the best attack helicopters in the world.