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Ukraine Releases Video Showing FPV Drone Strike That Crashed Russian Mi-28

The footage illustrates how cheap first-person-view drones can hit a helicopter’s vulnerable tail rotor to push Ukrainian strikes beyond the front line and complicate Russian defenses.

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Die ukrainische Drohnenbrigade hat am Mittwoch einen russischen Mi-28 Kampfhubschrauber im Flug getroffen. Der Angriff soll sich über der russischen Region Belgorod, die an die Ukraine grenzt, ereignet haben.

Overview

  • Ukrainian unmanned-systems commander Robert Brovdi posted video on Wednesday, July 15, showing an FPV drone approach and strike on a Russian Mi-28 near Vyazove in Belgorod Oblast and Ukrainian sources say the helicopter crashed.
  • The Ukrainian military attributed the operation to soldiers of the 427th independent unit 'Rarog' and released the clip as part of an official information report.
  • The footage shows the drone hitting the helicopter’s rear boom close to the tail rotor, a known vulnerability that can make a helicopter rapidly uncontrollable if the tail rotor fails.
  • Ukrainian statements stressed the strike was a 'technically complex' mission because the target moved quickly and pilots had to operate over enemy air-defended and jamming-prone territory, and independent or Russian confirmation of casualties and damage was not available.
  • The episode follows earlier uses of FPV drones against rotary-wing aircraft, highlights the large cost gap between cheap FPV systems and multimillion-dollar attack helicopters, and could increase political and military tensions from strikes over Russian border regions.