{"id":99077,"date":"2024-08-01T22:51:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/ukrainian-drone-shoots-down-russian-15-million-12-ton-helicopter\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T22:51:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:51:42","slug":"did-a-ukrainian-drone-just-shoot-down-a-15-million-12-ton-russian-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=99077","title":{"rendered":"Did A Ukrainian Drone Just Shoot Down A $15 Million 12-Ton Russian Helicopter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    In July 2024, a video emerged on social media showing a Russian Mi-8 <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/helicopter\/\">helicopter<\/a> having a near-miss with a Ukrainian FPV drone that swooped in to attack it. The post taunted that the Russians would not be so lucky next time. Now, it is reported that a 2-pound <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukrainian<\/a> FPV drone has successfully brought down a 12-ton Russian Mi-8 helicopter (acknowledging the fog of war; some reports claim it was brought down by friendly fire). The beleaguered <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/has-russian-air-force-lost-10-aircraft-week\/\">Russian Air Force seems to have had a bad week with claims it has lost up to 10 aircraft<\/a> (not all are confirmed, and the figure includes a Wagner loss in Africa).     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an apparent world-first, Ukraine may have shot down a Russian military helicopter with a 2-pound FPV drone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,816,412,3434,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-helicopter","category-military","category-russian-air-force","category-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an apparent world-first, Ukraine may have shot down a Russian military helicopter with a 2-pound FPV drone.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest authors\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=99077\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Did A Ukrainian Drone Just Shoot Down A $15 Million 12-Ton Russian Helicopter? 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