“He told about this on the air of the telethon “Edyni Novyni” on January 2. In particular, he spoke about the statements of the Russians regarding the number of pilots who allegedly died due to…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: 2 min. January 2, 2025, 1:01 p.m
The spokesman of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, captain 3rd rank Dmytro Pletenchuk, commented on the downing of the Russian Mi-8 helicopter with the help of a Magura V5 attack marine drone equipped with missile weapons. He told about this on the air of the telethon “Edyni Novyni” on January 2.
In particular, he spoke about the statements of the Russians regarding the number of pilots who allegedly died due to the downing of two helicopters.
“I wonder what the 8 crew members were doing there… Well, two pilots, a flight engineer – that’s three already. Sagittarius – you usually don’t put more than one… But eight? It’s actually quite a lot. In general, the Mi-8 can lift more, but without equipment,” said Dmytro Pletenchuk.
He noted that at that time it was unclear why they went hunting in such a group. Apparently, they had such a tactic.
“They actually have enough units like the Mi-8. It should not be forgotten that this is their own production, although it was dependent on Ukraine for the production of engines for such helicopters. But any loss is painful for the Russians. After all, this is a trained crew, these are years of training,” said the spokesman of the Navy.
According to him, recently there was not much information in the public space about the successful use of Ukrainian unmanned boats, because the Russians used aviation, in particular helicopters, to fight against them. And now the occupiers have a question about what to do next.
“The issue here is not that they lost their helicopters. The question here is that they got a response to their tactics. The problem of their day is not losses, but the fact that now we have to think about how to work correctly,” he emphasized.
We will remind you that on December 31, 2024, the soldiers of the special unit GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Group 13 hit an aerial target for the first time in history with the help of a Magura V5 marine attack drone equipped with missile weapons.
As ArmiyaInform reported, due to the significant losses of the Black Sea Fleet caused by the Ukrainian attacks, Russia was forced to transfer the main functions of the fleet to aviation.
