Belarusian helicopter shoots down Russian attack drone headed toward Ukraine – source
Ukrinform
A Belarusian helicopter has shot down a Russian attack drone that was flying toward Ukraine.
A well-informed source within the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate told this to Ukrinform.
"On July 12, a Mi-24 helicopter of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces engaged and destroyed a Russian Gerbera-type combat UAV that was flying in the direction of Ukraine," the source said.
According to the source, at least three Russian drones were in Belarusian airspace at the time.
While performing an airspace control mission, the Belarusian air defense helicopter reported the detection and destruction of the attack drone.
The wreckage of the downed UAV fell in the Gomel region of Belarus.
