MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. Crews of Russian Ka-52M attack/reconnaissance helicopters have destroyed Ukrainian armor and manpower in airstrikes in the Kursk border area, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

“Army Ka-52M aviation helicopter crews operating in a combined tactical group launched an air-launched missile strike against enemy armor and manpower in a border area of ​​the Kursk region. Accomplishing their combat objective, the army aviation pilots launched missiles at the coordinates transmitted by an aerial observer, using a nose-up maneuver and destroying the Ukrainian armor. The forward air controller confirmed the destruction of the target,” it said.

After the strike, army aircrews conducted a missile evasion maneuver at an ultra-low altitude, firing decoy missiles to avoid enemy surface-to-air missile strikes, the ministry said.