UAVs vs Helicopters War Continues With Mi-8 Hit By Drone And Another Drone Hit By Ka-52 | Aviation

A new video shows a Ukrainian FPV drone attacking a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, apparently hitting its tail assembly. A second video shows a Russian Ka-52 helicopter shooting down a Ukrainian drone with an anti-tank missile.

Amid the Ukrainian surprise offensive in the Russian region of Kursk, multiple videos are emerging showing a novel use for the ubiquitous FPV (First-Person View) drones, employed for the first time to strike military helicopters mid-flight. The most recent one reportedly shows an attack by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) against a Russian Mil Mi-8 (Hip for NATO) transport helicopter.

We recently reported on a similar video showing a collection of clips from three different FPV attacks on low-flying Russian helicopters, first by a drone approaching a Mi-8 from the left, then by an FPV attacking and reportedly hitting a Mi-28 attack helicopter on the tail, and finally a drone approaching from behind what appeared as another transport helicopter.

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drone operated by the SBU struck a $15 million Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/HSlRcKkJVc

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) August 9, 2024

The first and the last attempts had the video cut before being close to the…