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The British Defense Ministry notes that improved helicopters become the most inf...

In the south of Ukraine of the Armed Forces, the air forces were strengthened by KA-52M helicopters-British intelligence

The British Defense Ministry notes that improved helicopters become the most influential weapon in the Zaporozhye direction, where Ukrainian forces conduct offensive operations. The air forces of the Russian Federation since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have lost more than 40 shock helicopters KA-52 "Alligator". These machines are the most important component in the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Zaporizhzhya direction, and now KA-52m was noticed there.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom. "In conditions when Ukrainian troops continue large-scale offensive operations in the Zaporozhye region, one of the most influential Russian weapons systems in this sector is a shock helicopter KA-52,"-said in the next report.

Intelligence notes that in recent months, Russia has strengthened the air forces on the Southern Front with a small amount of KA-52M modernized helicopters, which were improved with the experience of fighting in Syria. Photos posted on social networks are confirmed by the use of the improved version of helicopters in Ukraine, where pilots posing near new machines. The most important component of new shock helicopters were Lmur rockets with a range of up to 15 km.