The Ukrainian military has shared a video via web-based media showing a Russian helicopter annihilated subsequent to being hit by a rocket. This episode was assaulted nearby the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Specialists said the helicopter that was destroyed was a Mil Mi-24. It was shot by a solitary rocket, potentially ground-sent off. The helicopter then, at that point, burst into flames, discharged thick smoke, and collided with the ground.
"This is the way the Russian trespassers are passing on. Presently it's helicopters. May Ukraine and its protectors live forever. Together for triumph," the Ukrainian military said in the video.
A pursuit on the Bellingcat site said the shooting site was in a town a couple of kilometers from Kyiv, to be specific Kozarovchi. At present, Russian troopers are there.
The Mil Mi-24 itself is a helicopter enormous enough for battle. This helicopter made by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant can oblige up to 8 troopers.
The Mi-24 has been in assistance starting around 1972 in the Soviet Union period and keeps on being created in different variations up to this point. Aside from Russia, around 48 different nations additionally use it with the quantity of units made which has reached 2,648.
The Russian military has the most, around 700 units. The plan is exemplary, with five propellers at the top and three propellers at the back.
"The Mi-24 is quite possibly the most competent assault helicopter. It is quick, nimble, with weighty weapons, can be utilized for close air support, hostile to tank tasks and air battle," Military Today was cited as saying by us.
The Mi-24 form that turned out in 1976 even established a world speed record of 368 kilometers each hour. Nobody had beaten that record until the 1986s.
Mi-24 which is 17.51 meters long has been conveyed in many combat zones. Here are the concise details:
High velocity flight: 310 km each hour
Normal speed: 260 km each hour
Most extreme flight distance: 750 km
Flight roof: 4,500 meters
Most extreme payload: 2,400 kg
Void weight: 8,400 kg
Most extreme departure weight: 12,500 kg
Pivoting sharp edge length: 19.79 meters
Airframe length: 17.51 meters
Tallness: 6.5 meters