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Ukrainian FPV drone destroyed a Russian Mi-28N helicopter.

Kotliarivka, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post

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Mi-28N (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Mi-28N helicopter (weapon_system) 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Robert Brovdi (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Mi-8 helicopter (weapon_system) Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Robert "Madyar" Brovdi (person) Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (organization) Predators of the Heights battalion (military_unit) Mi-8 (weapon_system)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian FPV drone destroys Russian Mi-28N helicopter, military says

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian FPV drone downed Russian Mi-8 helicopter near Kotlyarivka

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On Sept. 29, 2025, fighters from the "Predators of Heights" unit also struck a multi-purpose Mi-8.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-24T17:04:07.861Z

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