Drone strikes grounded Russian Mi-8 helicopter, The Sun reports

The combat-footage compilation also includes automated air defences over Kyiv and an F-16 intercepting a drone.

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Why this story? One of The Sun's most watched videos since yesterday, with 247,373 views.

Russian Mi-8 helicopter left a burning wreck after pin-point Ukrainian Hornet drone strike

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0:00A grounded helicopter catches fire; The Sun identifies a Ukrainian Hornet drone strike on a Russian Mi-8.
0:42The Sun says a drone hits a loaded Russian BM-21 Grad rocket launcher preparing to fire.
2:49Footage is presented as Ukrainian FPV strikes on Russian warehouses, ammunition caches and supply vehicles.
4:21Ukraine's Defence Ministry says automated turrets destroyed dozens of Russian drones over Kyiv.
5:25The Sun identifies an airborne missile launch as a Ukrainian F-16AM intercepting a Russian Geran drone.
7:48Air-defence personnel fire a shoulder-launched missile at an aerial target.

A drone closes on a helicopter sitting on the ground, followed by an impact and fire. The Sun identifies the aircraft as a Russian Mi-8 and says Ukraine destroyed it with a Hornet drone equipped with automatic guidance.

The sequence opens a compilation that has drawn nearly a quarter of a million views since yesterday. Beyond the helicopter strike, the report brings together attacks on ground targets and efforts to intercept drones in flight, showing several different uses of unmanned aircraft in the war.

In another early sequence, a rocket launcher explodes beside a treeline. The Sun says the target was a fully loaded Russian BM-21 Grad preparing to fire. Later footage is presented as Ukrainian FPV drone attacks on ammunition stores, supply vehicles, communications equipment and jammers.

The report also turns to defence against incoming drones. It carries Ukraine's Defence Ministry's statement that automated turrets destroyed dozens of Russian drones over Kyiv, alongside footage of the weapons firing. A separate airborne sequence shows a fighter launching a missile: The Sun identifies it as a Ukrainian F-16AM shooting down a Russian Geran drone over a populated area.

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