Posted on 07/27/2022 7:10:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Putin's blundering forces have shot down their own helicopter in Ukraine after it mistakenly started firing at its own troops.
The Ka-52 'Alligator' helicopter, which costs an estimated £12million, was gunned down in Kherson, Ukraine's General Staff revealed.
The military bosses joked it was a 'gesture of goodwill' from the invading forces.
They reported that three of the helicopters were flown over the occupied region and started to shoot at the Russian troops stationed below.
They returned fire and shot down one of the choppers in what is just the latest embarrassing blow for Putin's men.
Video of the wreck on the ground emerged the following day and revealed the words 'Russian Aerospace Forces' written down the side of the aircraft.
Just last week, Russia shot down its own £35million Su-34M fighter jet in Ukraine.
Soldiers were trying to target the US-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers which have wreaked havoc since they were given to the defending forces.
But instead they shot the bomber which fell from the skies over Alchevsk, in Luhansk.
It comes as Ukrainian artillery hit a strategic bridge essential for Moscow to supply its forces, using a US-supplied precision rocket system.
The Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge across the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine late Tuesday, the deputy head of the Moscow-appointed administration for the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said.
He said Wednesday the bridge was still standing but its deck was pierced with holes, preventing vehicles from crossing.
The 0.9-mile bridge sustained serious damage in Ukrainian shelling last week, when it took multiple hits. It was closed for trucks but had remained open for passenger vehicles until the latest strike.
Ukrainian forces used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to hit the bridge, Stremousov said.
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Yay!
The media is telling us that UKR is winning and Putin is losing.
Yay!
The media tells us who wins the election every time, too.
I don’t believe anything I read about the Ukraine war.
But.....Biden!
Yes, we can put this in the same category as other Ukrainian claims like the Moskva was sent to the bottom of the Black Sea, the Russian armor was pushed back from the approaches of Kiev, and the Russians were pushed back from Kharkov. Oh wait, that rubbish all turned out to be true.
You look really healthy in that clip, Comrade John
It's JON, you mental midget!
The cost of each HIMARS rocket that succeeds in putting a single easily (and quickly) repairable hole in the deck of the bridge is $150,000. The Ukrainians would we wiser to use those rockets against ammunition dumps and use bigger bombs to actually drop a span of the bridge — you know… like the Russians do. Just sayin.
Of course maybe the Ukrainians are blindly following the advice of “woke” members of today’s American military.
I know a fellow who had to shoot down a Navy fighter in Granada because it destroyed their field command post, killing everyone in it. It was coming around again to continue its handiwork. They had a rather severe communications boondoggle during that fracas.
Lol - Russia has been shooting down this same helicopter for 4 months now
Ukraine has cut off Kherson city from Crimea with that strike on that bridge. The Russians now will have make a 100+ mile detour to Kahkhova to resupply the city or swim the river.
Comrade Jon Preston of the
KGB Disinformation Bureau,
you’re stupid enough to actually think the future belongs to Russia and China, yet you slag others?
Jon, you’re truly an idiot
Russia and Ukraine both do lots of propaganda in this war. Our media routinely discounts Russian propaganda but embraces Ukrainian propaganda. Have no idea about what parts of this story might be true.
Not the first (or last) case of death by friendly fire.
Russia has their own version of US Democrats I see.
Truth. Shooting down one’s own aircraft is a time honored tradition.
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