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A video captured the incredible moment a Russian helicopter appears to be shot down from the sky
by Ukrainian forces.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry shared the footage as they continue to mount a staunch resistance against the invaders.
The images show what that believed to be a Russian Mi-10 Hind helicopter flying overhead the landscape.
Later appears from the right of the frame, a guided missile, possibly a Stinger, flying towards the helicopter.
Before he can launch flares, the rocket hits the helicopter and turns it into a ball of fire.
It hurtles through the air before explode when it hits a field, with a city visible in the background of the footage.
It is believed that the video was taken near Kiev.
Ukraine has previously boasted of shooting down more than 30 helicopters and 30 fighter planes.
Russia has failed to secure air superiority over the former state something that is greatly hindering Putin’s invasion.
“This is how the Russian occupiers die. This time in a helicopter,” the Ukrainian Defense Ministry tweeted.
“Glory to Ukraine and its defenders! Together to victory!”
The incident comes after a week of brutal bloodshed that has seen thousands of civilians massacred at hands of Putin’s forces.
This morning a brief ceasefire was declared in the strategic port of Mariupol in the southeast and in the city eastern Volnovakha.
The Russian forces promised to let the civilians out, but just over an hour later they were accused of violating the agreement.
Russian losses are mounting and Putin has lost at least three army commanders in the fighting.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed this morning the new humanitarian corridors, but urged those who could to “keep fighting”.
In a bitter speech on Friday night he renewed calls for a no-fly zone, blames ing NATO for “all the people who die from this day on”.
Putin’s invasion has provoked condemnation and severe sanctions of Western nations balancing punishment from the Kremlin with fear of a dangerous escalation.
Moscow has seized two key cities in its invasion of 10 days, Berdyansk and Kherson on the southern coast of Ukraine along the Black Sea.
It is expected that peace talks continue on Saturday, but Ukraine remains defiant as civilians prepare to strike back amid Russia’s advance.
Mariupol has been one of the most brutalized war cities as the Russians blockaded it and cut off food, water, heating and transportation.
It has been compared to the Nazi blockade of Leningrad in World War II.
According to civilians fleeing Volnovakha, the other town granted a brief moment of peace in the ceasefire, the town has been almost totally destroyed.
Putin had denied bombing Ukrainian civilians despite overwhelming evidence showing the horrors of his invasion.
In a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Russian president insisted that the information about the bombing was false.
Subsequently, the Kremlin issued a statement in which said that “the ongoing alleged airstrikes in Kiev and other big cities are false propaganda.”
Putin said he was open to talks with Ukraine, but only under the condition that “all Russian demands are met.” The Kremlin later issued a statement saying that “the ongoing alleged airstrikes in Kiev and other big cities are false propaganda.”
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