Attack helicopter Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 4 The Russian Ministry of Defense has published footage of the combat work of the crews of Ka-52 attack helicopters on Ukrainian positions. The video, in particular, shows how a Ka-52 attack helicopter launches a guided missile. Then a recording from the screen of the sighting and navigation complex of the helicopter is shown — a missile strikes a Ukrainian tank with a direct hit. in the course of a special military operation, it performs the tasks of escorting columns, destroying armored vehicles, delivering troops, military cargo, air support for units performing tasks as part of a special operation. In February of this year, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
