Mi-8s, despite being a dated design, still play a pivotal role for the Russian Armed Forces, being the rotary-wing workhorse for transport duties, but also for light attack roles.

Ka-52s are reconnaissance, command and control attack helicopters, while Mi-8s perform transport and ground operations. On March 18, Russian propaganda began circulating reports that the Ukrainian ...

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War. Neither video shows sufficient detail to confirm that the helicopters are anything more than standard Mi-8s, although both nose- and door-mounted ...