(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter in Zaporizhzhia direction near Robotyne. This was reported by the 47 Separate Mechanized Brigade on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
"Around 07:40, the firing group of the anti-aircraft missile and artillery division spotted an enemy Alligator. One launch from MANPADS – the target was destroyed," the report says.
The brigade noted that this is the eighth Ka-52 downed by them. The cost of one such helicopter is $16 million.
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