if the video is correct, they didn’t shoot it down, it was parked. Frankly, if the Russians are on their game, the location from where the shot was made should have received a celebratory beat down shortly thereafter. It’s only a couple or three kilometers from the impact site, and hideously exposed. And there’s a bunch of fiber leading straight back to the spot.
I don’t see a missile hit it either and the explosion seems to start from underneath the helicopter.
I’m wondering if this helicopter was being abandoned and was deliberately blown up (?)
Very odd . They set up in the open and there didn’t appear to be any security for the copter.