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Ukraine's defense minister shared a video of the incident on November 2, 2022.Ukraine Ministry of Defence.
  • Multiple Russian helicopters have been taken out by Ukrainian forces.

  • A video shows a strike on a helicopter, according to a Ukrainian official.

  • The Minister of Defense of Ukraine said that flights to Ukraine are harmful to the Russians.

A video shows a helicopter getting blasted out of the sky.

A helicopter is shot at by a missile as it flies over a field.

The helicopter that appears to be flying alone burst into flames but continued to glide for a few seconds before it exploded into a ball of fire and smoke.

You can watch the video here.

—Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) November 2, 2022

The video showsUkrainians love birds. We can't accept the presence of those metal objects in the sky.

The flights to Ukraine are harmful to the Russians.

It's not clear when and where the footage was taken. The video was not verified by Insider.

Multiple Russian helicopters have been taken out by the Ukrainians in the last few weeks.

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In an intelligence update last week, Britain's Ministry of Defence said that there have been at least 23 verified losses of Russian attack helicopters in Ukraine.

Over 25% of the Russian Air Force's in-service fleet of 90 KA-52s and nearly half of Russia's total helicopter losses in Ukraine were represented.

The Ka 52 helicopter is a single-seat attack helicopter, which has been promoted by state media as a sign of Russia's military might.

The air base was sabotaged on Monday by Ukrainian forces, who planted explosives inside the military helicopter.

Two Ka 52s were destroyed at the airfield in the Pskov region, and two more were damaged.

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