Video appears to show a Russian attack helicopter being split in half by a British hi-tech missile fired by Ukrainian fighters

Reports say that a British anti-aircraft missile was used to shoot down a Russian helicopter for the first time.

A Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter broke in half after it was hit by the Starstreak high-velocity missile system over the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.

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The UK sent a cosignment to Ukraine in March along with another shipment of Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapons.

A British Ministry of Defense source told The Times of London that the video showed Starstreak in action.

According to The Times, the weapon is guided by three laser beam darts. The missile is the fastest short-range missile in the world.

The paper said it can be fired from a stand or shoulder launcher and can strike targets up to 7 km away.

Before troops are allowed to launch a live missile, they must have 1,000 successful hits on a simulation.

The British Ministry of Defense sent a team of Starstreak operators and a simulator to a secret location in a neighboring country to teach Ukrainians how to use the weapon.

The paper said that the use of it this week suggests that soldiers have learned how to use it in a couple of weeks.

A source from the British Ministry of Defense told The Times that the anti-aircraft system had been deployed.

Russia's ambassador to the UK told a Russian news agency that British weapons supplies to Ukraine are "legitimate targets" for the Russian army.

Ambassador Kelin said that giving arms such as Starstreak missiles is destabilizing.

They make the situation even bloodier. Kelin told the news agency that those are new high-precision weapons.

If those supplies get through the Ukrainian border, our armed forces will view them as a legitimate target.