"The soldiers of the 28th Brigade have taken down an enemy Su-25! One less russian attack aircraft in the Toretsk sector, thanks to our air defense troops," the brigade’s statement reads.
According to the military, on the outskirts of Toretsk, a combined anti-aircraft missile unit from the 28th Brigade and the 57th Separate Tank Division used an Igla missile system to send the russian Su-25 to its "permanent parking spot."
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"A Mi-8 helicopter attempted to evacuate the pilot but failed—our FPV drone operators from the R.V. unit and the unmanned systems battalion didn’t let it happen. As a result, the helicopter barely made it back and will require extensive repairs," the brigade explained.
According to the military, the pilot of the enemy Su-25 remained abandoned.
"Probably not russian," the brigade noted, "because, as we all know, 'russians do not abandon their own.' Those who were abandoned were never truly theirs."
As noted by the brigade, the FPV drone operators hit the helicopter while it was still on the ground. This forced the crew of the enemy helicopter to urgently take off, "forgetting" to take the evacuation group with them, who eventually fled into the forest.
However, the enemy helicopter was not safe even in the air, as Ukrainian FPV drones pursued it. Although it wasn’t destroyed, there is a high likelihood that the russian helicopter sustained damage and will eventually go for repairs.
Overall, this is not the first time FPV drones have attacked russian helicopters, but so far (at least from what is publicly known), these have been isolated cases.
To remind, the first truly historic strike by a Ukrainian FPV on a russian helicopter took place last summer when a drone hit the tail of a russian Mi-28 and damaged it.
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