Putin reels as £500 Ukrainian drone downs £14M Russian helicopter | World | News
According to the 59th separate mechanized brigade of Ukraine, a Ukrainian FPV drone, which cost only £ 500, destroyed a Russian MI-28n attack helicopter near Kottlyarivka in Donetsk Oblast on Monday. The strike by the Brigade Unmanned System Forces (SBS) targeted the helicopter during a discovery mission and Ukrainian losses were not reported.
Equipped for night operations-28N, explosives, a small first person’s opinion was shot in the middle of the flight by the drone. The images published by the Brigade show the drone approaching the open fields, hitting the tail rotor of the helicopter and sending spiral to the soil into flames. The 30 -second clip recorded from the drone’s point of view captures the rising smoke from the wreckage.
“The fate of the Russian crew was not confirmed.”
Since June 2025, Ukrainian SBS President Robert Brovdi announced that he has been strikeing on Telegram.
He said: “The result is our intelligence and operators.
“Everyone flying there ‘should be prepared to look around’.”
Mr. Brovdi, the Ukrainian Officer of Hungarian origin and the founder of the “Madyar Birds” drone unit, inspected thousands of drone operations in the front row.
Open-source intelligence account @Astraiatel said that the drone seized Mi-28n less than 30 seconds and aimed at the tail to disable maneuverability.
Another osint group @geoConfirmed, Kottalyivka (48.45 ° N, 37.55 ° E) saw the accident area nearby, showing the satellite images of smoke feathers, supporting the allegation of the brigade.
Ukraine general personnel confirmed the demolition of the helicopter in the daily report as well as 12 other Russian vehicles lost in Donetsk.
59. TUGAY’s press service added: “Our FPV team neutralized MI-28N during the low altitude discovery attempt. Victory to advocates!”
This strike followed a series of Ukraine drone attacks, including a strike on the Be-12 amphibious aircraft in the Crimea on September 22 and a MI-28 in Kursk Oblast in August, including a FPV strike in Kursk Oblast, and forced an urgent descent.
According to Ukraine’s security service, Drones targeted the Saky airport of Crimea on August 2, and damaged five Russian jets.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the latest loss, but the state media reported the “aviation activity” in Donetsk without accepting a plane.
The incident underlines the amazing cost imbalance between Ukraine’s cheap drones and Russia’s multimillion -pound plane.
Since 2022, Ukraine has dropped more than 200 Russian planes, according to open source viewers such as Oryx, which confirms the debris of Kotalyivka.
As the Donetsk war intensifies, Ukrainian drone operations will undoubtedly continue to challenge Russian air power.
