Paratroopers hit a Russian helicopter near Izium with a Piorun

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022, 15:18

Anti-aircraft gunners of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade have shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter in Kharkiv Region.

Source: military expert Yurii Kochevenko on Twitter

Direct quote: "An enemy Ka-52 helicopter has just been destroyed by anti-aircraft gunners of the 95th Air Assault Brigade in the Izium area, using the Piorun man-portable air defence system (MANPAD)."

Details: Ukrainska Pravda has also received confirmation of this information from military sources.

Later, the press centre of the Air Assault Brigade command officially confirmed the shooting down of the 16th Russian helicopter by Ukrainian paratroopers since the beginning of the full-scale war with Russia.

Quote: "Today, on 11 May, a Russian Ka-52 reconnaissance and strike helicopter was shot down in Kharkiv Region by the air defence unit of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using a Piorun MANPAD."