DRAMATIC video shows the moment a panicking Russian helicopter gunship crew blew up their own convoy. Vladimir Putin's armed forces are scrambling to halt the Ukrainian advance into Kursk after Kyiv's surprise invasion last week. 13 The helicopter's sights line up the two vehicles Credit: Twitter 13 The gunship the first truck up with a missile Credit: Twitter 13 The helicopter then aims at the second truck and fires Credit: Twitter 13 Daylight drone footage showed the trucks burning out Credit: Twitter 13 Putin's Ka-52M attack helicopter attacked the column 13 New black and white footage released shows a Russian Ka-52M helicopter line up the two transport vehicles in its sights and fire missiles at them.
One after the other they explode in a flash of white flame and black smoke. While the pilots would have celebrated the direct hits, their comrades in the convoy would have faced serious injury. Ukrainian troops later came across the damaged trucks as they advanced forward and dropped bombs from drones to finish them off.
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