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Ukrainian FPV Drone Downs $16M Russian Ka-52 Helicopter Near Pokrovsk, Video (united24media.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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The wheels are coming off the russian war machine hard right now.

Even just the basic logic of two helicopters flying one after another in a neat line like this doesn't make sense to me, it gives the drone two tries at the same manuever.

It is lazy, sloppy and reveals the russians don't actually know what to do with their helicopters because the russian military has become so dysfunctional.

Are these pilots robots? Why would they fly so predictably?

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[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Full video - NSFW

The pilots survived the crash, but were later killed by drones.

Update

More video

https://t.me/muchn0y_jugend/13431

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Wild that ka-52 helis have ejection seats, didn't do much in this case against Ukraine but still.

Good riddance though, those pilots are irreplacable for russia.

[–] fist_of_fartitude@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Imagine surviving that crash and thinking you got lucky, only to have another drone show up to finish the job.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

yee fucking haw