Today, January 18, the Ukrainian military shot down an enemy 

Ka-52

helicopter  .

In addition, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the Russian drone "Merlin-VR", with the help of which the occupiers conducted reconnaissance.

This was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Today, our defenders shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter and an experimental Russian reconnaissance UAV "Merlin-VR," the message reads.

We will remind, at the beginning of November, the Air Defense Units

shot down

1 Merlin UAV, and also destroyed 2 Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters.

Note that "Merlin-VR" in Russia is called a unique and one-of-a-kind experimental drone.

In the Russian Federation, it was presented only in September 2021.

We should also add that the Ka-52 is a Russian combat helicopter, a command vehicle of the army aviation, which carries out terrain reconnaissance, target designation and coordination of the actions of a group of combat helicopters.

The machine is capable of hitting armored and non-armored vehicles, manpower and air targets on the battlefield. 

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