Ukraine Just Shot Down Russian Ka-27 'Helix' Helicopter Over Crimea

Ukraine has shot down one of Russia's Ka-27 military helicopters over the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, Kyiv said on Wednesday.

"Minus Russian Ka-27 in Crimea," Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Navy, said in a brief statement posted to Facebook. Ukraine's Defense Ministry shared a similar statement to social media on Wednesday.

The Ka-27 is a naval helicopter, and variants of the aircraft can be used for anti-submarine warfare or search and rescue missions.

Figures posted by Ukraine's military on Wednesday did not account for the loss of a Russian helicopter, but said Moscow had lost a total of 325 helicopters since February 2022. Newsweek could not independently verify this figure.

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