Watch: Ukrainian Drone Takes Out Helicopter as Enemy Troops Unload
A Ukrainian drone destroyed a helicopter attempting to unload troops on Snake Island in footage released over the weekend. Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov shared the done footage on…
A Ukrainian drone destroyed a helicopter attempting to unload troops on Snake Island in footage released over the weekend.
Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov shared the done footage on Saturday, citing as its source the Southern Command of the Ukrainian military.
Figures that are likely Russian soldiers can be seen descending from the chopper shortly before the aircraft is destroyed.
It’s possible the action could’ve resulted in multiple casualties.
Drone aircraft are more commonly used for air-to-ground strikes.
The Russian military’s standard practice of overwhelming the enemy with columns of tanks has proven a flawed strategy against an enemy armed with so-called “loitering” Drones, that can wait to engage the enemy.
The Ukrainian military published footage of a drone destroying a landing craft in the same engagement.
The Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone has been used to telling effect in the Russo-Ukrainian War