AFU shoots down helicopter used by Russian army as substitute for artillery - Major Hanushchyn

Oleksandr Hanushchyn, Major of the 103rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ territorial defense, said this on Espreso.

"Let's take the current 'achievement' of the Russians - the downing of another Ka-52 helicopter. This time it was used as a substitute for artillery, it flew close to the front line and was shot down. It was definitely not used to cover the airborne or assault groups. It was trying to fire unguided rockets. Even in terms of shells, they are starting to get hungry, that they don't feel sorry for a helicopter that costs tens of millions. This time, the ATGM shot it down quite successfully. It happened today, but not in Ukraine's direction. We read all the statistics," he said.

There were no official reports of the downing of the Ka-52 helicopter, but the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military District, Vitaliy Kim, hinted at it on his Telegram: "Ka-52, goodbye." This was also reported by several other telegram channels. However, the information was not confirmed by the evening.

• Instead, it was reported that on April 10, in the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian soldiers of the 110th separate mechanized brigade eliminated a Russian Mi-24 helicopter