Afternoon of April 21, the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported two aircraft being shot: an "Orlan-10" unmanned aerial vehicle and a Su-25 fighter jet. Without specification, paratroopers said Stinger and Starstreak MANPADS were used.
We can only assume that British Starstreak goes to the UAV, as we've already seen them being effectively used against another "Orlan-10", whereas the Stinger missile found the airplane.
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"Airspace, where Ukrainian paratroopers are doing their job is in full control of our air defense units," one of such air defense units' officers said on Facebook. "And the enemy won't casually fly here! He finds himself with "wings clipped" and crashed to the ground. Because it is the Ukrainian sky!"
The following video shows a paratrooper swiftly taking his trophy:
A few hours later another piece of news: two Mi-8 helicopters down by the hands of the Air Assault Forces and the Navy.
Initially, soldiers from the 81st Airmobile Brigade downed a Mi-8 multipurpose helicopter with a Stinger missile. Then another one approached. The paratroopers assume that the second was going to the crash site in order to evacuate the crew but it got shot, too. This time, by the Marines.
In the video, the red pointer marks the site where the first helicopter fell:
Ukraine Weapons Tracker project states that the marines used 9K38 Igla MANPADS to take this one, as there can be seen a 9M39 missile for the 9K38 Igla system lying on the ground nearby.
As Defense Express reported earlier, Ukrainian air assault troops have been successfully wiping Russian air targets off Ukraine's skies for a while. They shot two UAVs the other day and learned how to properly use Starstreak missiles. Air Force of Ukraine could even give them a head start having nine targets eliminated a few days ago.
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