The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continues to publish a video about a special military operation in Ukraine, this time the military showed footage of the combat operation of attack helicopters Ka-52. The video was posted on the official website of the military department.
The video shows the preparation of Russian helicopters for a sortie, the flight itself and strikes against the detected military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the disguised positions of the enemy. Generally, as stated in the description of the video, shows the daily combat work of the crews of attack helicopters Ka-52.
During one of the sorties, military equipment and disguised positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered. By air strikes, a convoy of equipment and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed using unguided aircraft missiles- According to the Ministry of Defense.
note, that the military once again showed a sortie of Ka-52 attack helicopters, there are quite a few videos with the participation of the Mi-28N on the Web, although these helicopters are also involved in a special operation. However, recently the Ministry of Defense admitted, that the main SVO helicopter – this is Ka-52. The choice of this particular machine is associated with its tactical and technical characteristics., the helicopter is very reliable and maneuverable.
As repeatedly reported in the Ministry of Defense, army aviation is quite actively used as part of a special operation. Helicopters not only escort columns and deliver cargo, but also destroy enemy armored vehicles, land troops and even participate in “free hunting” in nighttime. True, information about this ceased to fall into military reports., Apparently it's been classified.
Groups “night hunters” consist of several attack helicopters Ka-52 and Mi-28N, who are engaged in the search and destruction of military infrastructure and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As experience has shown, such flights are highly effective, during the night, the group destroys several armored vehicles, SAM or MLRS, gradually depriving Ukrainian nationalists of heavy weapons.