💥 Attack

Ukrainian drone operators destroyed a Russian Ka-52 'Alligator' attack helicopter using an FPV drone in Donetsk Oblast.

March 21, 2026 Drobysheve, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Kyiv Independent Ukrinform Kyiv Post Institute for the Study of War

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian drone operators (military_unit) Ka-52 Alligator (weapon_system) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Lancet drone (weapon_system) Drobysheve (location) Oleksievo-Druzhkivka (location) Vadym Filashkin (person) Rubikon Center for Unmanned Technologies (military_unit) Russian Army (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian 11th Army Corps (military_unit) Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drone operators destroyed a Russian Ka-52 'Alligator' attack helicopter using an FPV (first-person view) drone in Donetsk Oblast.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked once. It attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses near Drobysheve.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces have likely begun their anticipated Spring-Summer 2026 offensive against the Ukrainian Fortress Belt, Ukraine's main defensive line in Donetsk Oblast

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces recaptured some positions in Chasiv Yar

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