On fire: President Zelensky’s forces blew up a Russian helicopter in the sky in footage from the Ukrainian frontline
- A shocking video of a Russian helicopter shot down in Ukraine appeared
- In the clip, the plane can be seen flying low before burning out.
- The footage has been widely circulated online, but it is not clear where it was taken.
It’s a shocking moment that a Russian helicopter appears to have caught fire when it was shot down in Ukraine.
Footage from the front line shows the plane taking off before being attacked by Ukrainian guns.
In the clip, it can be seen bursting into flames as it falls down and exploding into a fireball when it hits the ground.
The footage shows a Russian helicopter shot down in Ukraine on fire.
The video has gone viral on social media. While it is not clear how the footage was taken, some Twitter the clip was speculated to have been filmed by a drone.
It is not clear when or where the video was filmed, but a group of investigative reporters from Bellingcat geolocated that the filming took place in Kozarovichi, Kiev region, about 40 km from Kyiv.
The team has focused on verifying footage of the conflict since it began on 24 February.
The video was also shared by Kyiv Independent correspondent Ilya Ponomarenko and has now received over 21,000 likes.
It turns out that the original video was shared by a resident of Kiev on Facebook.
The translation of the caption into Ukrainian seems to say that the country’s forces “shot down a Russian combat helicopter” as “aerial reconnaissance shares operational video.”
“Glory to Ukraine!” he adds.
The video was also shared by Kyiv Independent correspondent Ilya Ponamorenko and has now received over 10,700 likes.
The plane can be seen bursting into flames as it falls and exploding into a fireball as it hits the ground.
Social media users have also speculated that it is a Mi-24 combat helicopter that has been in use by Soviet forces since 1972.
Soviet pilots often referred to this model as a “flying tank”.
It was used extensively in the Cold War-era films Rambo 2 and Rambo 3, although in both films the planes were modeled by Aérospatiale Pumas to look like the real thing.
The UK has already sent Ukraine 2,000 next-generation light anti-tank weapons (NLAW), while the US, Germany and Belgium are among other countries that have sent or are about to send weapons.
The West has supplied Ukraine with anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) as they continue to resist the Russian invasion, the defense media website reported. Shepard.
While it’s unclear how the footage was filmed, some on Twitter have speculated that the clip was filmed by a drone.
An Mi-24 helicopter near the village of Oktyabrsky, Belgorod Region, near the Russian-Ukrainian border last month
File photo showing troops using a Stinger missile using man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) off the coast of Crete, Greece, November 2017.
In January, the United States sent a plane carrying 300 Javelin missiles worth about $50 million to Kyiv.
A day after the invasion began, on February 24, it was reported that Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down up to four Russian KA-52 Alligator attack helicopters from the air during the battle for the Gostomel airbase.
The fifth helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on the field under heavy fire.
At the time, the Ukrainians also reported that their MiGs had shot down at least one Mi-8 helicopter, and their forces also claimed to have shot down six Russian aircraft in the skies over the eastern region of Donbass, with another aircraft falling from the sky near the capital.