💥 Attack

Ukrainian FPV drone struck and destroyed a Russian Mil Mi-8 (Hip) transport helicopter over the Kursk region.

August 9, 2024 Oktyabrskoye, Kursk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrinform

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Mil Mi-8 (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Kursk Oblast (location) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Russian military (military_unit) M142 HIMARS (weapon_system) Russian military personnel (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Valery Gerasimov (person) Vladimir Putin (person) Russian military convoy (military_unit) Russian military vehicles (military_unit) Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (organization) Belgorod Oblast (location) Bryansk Oblast (location) 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) HIMARS (weapon_system) Oktyabrskoye (location) Khorne Group (military_unit) 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Russian military column (military_unit) Rylsk (location) Oktyabrskoe (location) Sudzha (location) Stepanovka (location) Russian Defense Ministry (organization) Russia (organization) Ukraine (organization) Igor Korpunkov (person) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Special Operations Center "A" (military_unit) Mi-8 transport helicopter (weapon_system) Special Operations Center "A" of the SBU (military_unit) Mi-8 Helicopter (weapon_system) Ukrainian army (military_unit) SBU (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian FPV drone struck and destroyed Russian Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter over Kursk region

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia finally admits Ukraine had reached the 'outskirts' of Sudzha and declares a federal emergency in the region

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

On August 9, an SBU drone hit and downed another Russian helicopter while in mid-air over Kursk Oblast.

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