An Mi-28 attack helicopter in or near Ukraine. Russian defense ministry capture After taking a brutal beating in the first year of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian air force’s attack helicop...
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How The Ukrainians Wrecked the Russians’ Best Helicopter Regiments
A Kamov Ka-52 and pilot. Russian state media It’s not totally accurate to describe the Russian air force’s Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters as death traps. But it’s not totally inaccurate, either. The a...
The Ukrainians Have Nearly Destroyed One Of The Russian Army’s Best Regiments
A wrecked BMD near Bucha. Via Twitter user @BarracudaVol1 Eight years ago, an elite Russian parachute regiment played a central role in a massacre of Ukrainian soldiers. Now Ukraine has exacted its re...