The crew of the destroyed Russian Ka-52 helicopter attempted to escape after an emergency landing but were detected and eliminated by Ukrainian drone pilots from the 1st Battalion of the 414th 'Magyar's Birds' Brigade.
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As a result of an emergency landing, the helicopter crew attempted to escape, but was promptly detected and eliminated by pilots of the 1st Battalion of the 414th 'Magyar's Birds' Brigade.
One woman (83 years old) was killed at the scene and another woman (63 years old) died in hospital from injuries sustained in the Russian drone strike.
The crew attempted to escape but was later located and killed by his unit's operators.
Vadym Filashkin signed an order to forcibly evacuate children living on roughly 30 of the streets in Sloviansk most vulnerable to Russian shelling
Russian resources acknowledged that the helicopter was destroyed but claimed 'the crew is fine'.
87 occupiers eliminated, 28 wounded in Pokrovsk direction; heavy flamethrower system, 2 vehicles, 10 special equipment destroyed
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:21.481Z
Source story: 4103782-ukrainian-drone-forces-down-russian-ka52-helicopter-in-donetsk-region