National Guardsman shoots down Russian Mi-8 helicopter with Igla MANPADS

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2022, 17:28

A National Guardsman of Ukraine shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an Igla man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) on the Zaporizhzhia front. 

Source: press centre of the National Guard of Ukraine

Quote: "On 22 September, a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine shot down the enemy Mi-8 helicopter with an Igla MANPADS during the air raid on the Zaporizhzhia front.

Our defenders confidently keep destroying the enemy on all fronts and liberating Ukrainian land."

Details: The National Guard of Ukraine also posted a video of this precise shot.

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