Ukrainian servicemembers on July 08, 2022, look at fragments of a Russian Military Ka-52 "Alligator" Helicopter destroyed by the Ukrainian military during Russia's attempt to take the Hostomel Airport near Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on June 12 that Ukrainian forces downed another Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter.
The update did not specify where on the frontline Ukrainian forces took out the helicopter.
The Ka-52 helicopter can hold two pilots and is used by Russian forces in both reconnaissance missions and combat operations.
According to the General Staff's update earlier on June 12, the Russian military has lost an additional 299 helicopters since the start of the full-scale invasion, as well as 314 aircraft.
Kate Tsurkan is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent who writes mostly about culture-related topics. Her newsletter Explaining Ukraine with Kate Tsurkan, which focuses specifically on Ukrainian culture, is published weekly by the Kyiv Independent and is partially supported by a generous grant from the Nadia Sophie Seiler Fund.
Kate co-translated Oleh Sentsov’s “Diary of a Hunger Striker,” Myroslav Laiuk’s “Bakhmut,” Andriy Lyubka’s “War from the Rear,” and Khrystia Vengryniuk’s “Long Eyes,” among other books. Some of her previous writing and translations have appeared in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harpers, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. She is the co-founder of Apofenie Magazine and, in addition to Ukrainian and Russian, also knows French.
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