Unique Destruction Of Mi-8: Ukrainian FPV Eliminated The Crew Commander

• 5.10.2025, 14:20

Russian pilots were tried to "catch" for more than one day.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces FPV drone "minus" a Russian Mi-8 helicopter near the village of Kotlyarovka. The commander of the aircraft was Mikhail Avramenko.

An AFU officer who tracks Russian losses on the front, Anatoly "Stirlitz" Anatoly "Shtirlitz" Stefan. According to him, the occupant Avramenko was killed during an attack on the helicopter.

"The commander of the Mi-8 helicopter, Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Avramenko, who successfully met a Ukrainian FPV, has been successfully demobilized," "Stirlitz" noted.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter by FPV drone near the village of Kotlyarovka. The 59 OShDB, which carried out the successful operation, urged the Russians "not to make surprises from the air" as it would "cost them dearly."

The brigade's press officer Taras Mishak said it was a rather long and planned operation. According to him, the Russian pilots tried to "catch" more than one day. He also expressed hope that this experience would be scaled up and shooting down Russian helicopters would become commonplace.