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Ukrainians has destroyed enemy helicopter, attack aircraft and UAV within 5 hours

5 January, 2023 Thursday
11:21

On January 4, Ukrainian Air Forces destroyed a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft, a Ka-52 helicopter and an Orlan-10 drone

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This was reported by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The report states, all targets were hit within five hours.

"From 11:00 to 16:00 on January 4, 2023, in the eastern direction, units of the anti-aircraft missile troops of the AFU Air Forces destroyed a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft, a Ka-52 attack helicopter and an Orlan-10 tactical UAV.

Ka-52 is a Russian combat helicopter, a command vehicle of army aviation. It carries out reconnaissance, targeting and coordination of actions of combat helicopters group. It can hit armored and unarmored vehicles, manpower and air targets on the battlefield. It is a continuation of the development of the Ka-50 Black Shark model. 

The Su-25 (NATO classification - Frogfoot, informally - Rook) is a single-seat armored subsonic attack aircraft designed to provide air support in the combat zone during the day and at night under conditions of visual visibility of the target. It destroys objects with specified coordinates in case of flight weather. The object of destruction can be ground and surface targets and low-altitude, slow-moving targets (helicopters and transport aircraft). 

Orlan-10 is a Russian multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle. It is designed for the surveillance of objects in hard-to-reach areas. The aerial vehicle can carry on board several types of target equipment: thermal imager, camera, gyro-stabilized video camera, radio transmitter, repeater, etc.


 
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