The helicopter is equipped with an anti-tank missile system, a cannon with a laser guidance system, air bombs.
In the Zaporozhye region, the air defense unit Of the National Guard of Ukraine on Thursday, April 21, destroyed the Russian helicopter Ka-52 “Alligator”, the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine on Facebook.
“This is one of the newest units of Russian combat aircraft in the enemy's arsenal. The helicopter is equipped with an anti-tank missile system, a gun with a laser guidance system, air bombs and other weapons,” the statement said.
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# Ukraine: Rare footage from #Zaporizhzhia Oblast today showing a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter taken out by a Ukrainian 9K38 Igla MANPADS. pic.twitter.com/5Vb0jJJUfm
– 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 21, 2022
Thursday, April 21 in the Izium direction The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a plane of the Russian occupiers .
It is noted that the plane crashed into Russian-occupied territory.
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< span role = "gridcell"> Earlier it was reported that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine army Russia has lost about 21 thousand soldiers /strong> . The occupiers also lost 172 planes and 829 tanks.
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