The daring raid, 500 miles from the Ukrainian border, also severely damaged two other choppers at the Veretye base in the Pskov region
Ukrainian saboteurs filmed themselves planting explosives on Russian attack helicopters in an audacious clandestine raid on an air base 500 miles from the Ukrainian border.
Two Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters were completely destroyed and another two were badly damaged in the attack at the Veretye air force base in the Pskov region on Monday, the military intelligence department of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said.
As with many other suspected Ukrainian attacks, Kyiv’s military intelligence agency stopped short of claiming responsibility.
The editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian news website Obozrevatel on Tuesday published a video purporting to show the raid, showing a masked operative on the tarmac at the air base.