Ukraine's $1,500 Drone Just Hit Putin's $16 Million Helicopter... Head-On

A drone slower than its target, with one chance and no radio link to jam. That is how Ukrainian crews say they are now hitting Russian attack helicopters that used to be out of reach. For most of this war, a helicopter was protected by distance, altitude and jamming. This video follows the cases where each of those protections failed, from the first drone hits near Kursk in August 2024 to a Ka-52 hit near Nadiivka on 20 March, and what Russia has tried in response. Every kill, cost and loss figure is attributed to whoever claims it, because most of them cannot be checked independently. What you'll see: Why an FPV drone cannot chase a helicopter, and why that forces a head-on, one-attempt strike The first drone hits on Russian helicopters during the Kursk incursion, as the Ukrainian side describes them A rescue helicopter hunted near Toretsk after a Su-25 was shot down, with Ukrainian and Russian accounts side by side A battalion commander's account of Russian helicopters leaving his sector for four months after a Mi-8 was hit near Kotliarivka How fibre-optic drones work, and the trade-offs of the cable: weight, speed and range The tail-rotor problem: why the same hit works on a Mi-8 but not on a Ka-52 The Ka-52 strike near Nadiivka, the unit's own cost figures, and what open sources say instead The 1986 Stinger precedent at Jalalabad, and how helicopters kept changing where they flew Russian helicopters shot down by their own air defences, and a reported Su-35 mistake near Voronezh Satellite images that appear to show helicopters destroyed on the ground at Sochi airport, and why Moscow's silence matters CHAPTERS 0:00 The slow drone 1:00 Kursk and Toretsk 2:23 Condor at Kotliarovka 4:14 Fibre-optic strike at Nadiivka 7:26 History repeats itself 9:11 Friendly fire and spread 11:16 Nowhere left to hide If you want more breakdowns like this one, subscribe: it's the only signal that tells us to make the next one. #Ukraine #Helicopters #Drones