🔥 "482, I'M HIT, GOING DOWN!" — intercepted Russian radio chatter during the downing of a Mi-8 helicopter by Ukraine's Magura V5 naval drone.
The intercepted communication reveals the pilot describing the damage to the helicopter and the events leading up to it:
"There was an explosion — I got hit. The launch came from the water. Then there was another flash. I didn't see where it went, but the first one hit me directly and exploded nearby — I felt it on the helicopter. Some systems have failed."
🔥 "482, I'M HIT, GOING DOWN!" — intercepted Russian radio chatter during the downing of a Mi-8 helicopter by Ukraine's Magura V5 naval drone.
The intercepted communication reveals the pilot describing the damage to the helicopter and the events leading up to it:
"There was an explosion — I got hit. The launch came from the water. Then there was another flash. I didn't see where it went, but the first one hit me directly and exploded nearby — I felt it on the helicopter. Some systems have failed."
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