As Ukraine prepares for another counteroffensive, its forces are still relying on Soviet-era equipment.
The US has donated a Blackhawk and the UK two Sea Kings, and several other countries have promised or sent helicopters.
Troops are finding ways to make do with what they have, but say it is clear that newer, modern weapons, would make all the difference in this war.
Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler has this report from western Ukraine.
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Ukrania's half of the total numbers of battalions has died in bakhmut . Ukraine has lost their best best troops in bakhnut
Oh funnel more money….too bad printing machine (US)is broke
More more more
Well perhaps they should have thought of that before they decided to go to war with Russia. It appears to me that Putin dont play tiddlywinks with guys who dance in high heels.
ironic to see how usa stole them hips from afghanistan and then gifted them to ukraine.
Now the MFs what helicopters hahahahah next submarines hahahahah we need submarines to protect our waters hahahah f them
More weapons! Thats all they good at
Blackhawks would be a good addition to the Ukrainians
The righteousness of the righteous straightens his way,
but the wicked by his transgression falls.
I don't know if anyone has said it, but Ukrainians are good engineers, particularly with aircraft.
They must make do with what they have because what they have is good enough for defense. The West does not have enough for its own defense at the moment at least, but hopefully, it will re-arm again and the West may be able to spare more when that is done 🙂
US don't donate any helicopters! Ukraine bought 1 Black Hawck by crowdfunding.
Seems Russia enjoy killing Ukrainr's children. WTF nation
This war needs to be brought to an effective smooth end. The solutions confronting the Russian and Ukrainian wars are both political and dialogue. How many weapons are going to be sent to Ukraine. I am not against the weapons sent to Ukraine, but with all the sanctions and advanced weapons sent already, the
Russians have not been able to be stopped. Any country that depends on the goodwill of other countries to supply them with weapons can not win a majority war. The United States and Europe should know by now that the Russian Federation is not a push off. This bloodshed needs to stop. We need constructive peace resolution. Wars are destructive and wasteful especially the ongoing war in Sudan. Innocent people are the ones who bear the cost of war.
Helicopters aren't a huge priority in warfare until you have air dominance. They are slow, cumbersome & make easy targets. Once you have air dominance they can be utilised much more without the fear of huge losses. Sure newer helicopters would be nicer to work with but it certainly won't turn the tide of the war hence the reason(s) why they haven't been sent already. The proven effectiveness of fire-and-forget weapons have made most helicopters and most tanks virtually obsolete anymore as proven in Ukraine already.
Russia🇷🇺 still occupied oblast Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea.
Russia must end occupation & keep peace!
Sounds a lot like Canada’s arm force’s hahaha
"The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, Ground-Attack and Army aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Masyutovka, Timkovka, Krasnoye Pervoye, and Novomlynsk (Kharkov region). ?? One sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been disabled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).
More than 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one Msta-B howitzer, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station have been destroyed during the day. An ammunition depot of the 92nd Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical Aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces engaged the units of the enemy close to Yampolovka, Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic). Up to 60 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, two D-30 howitzers, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In Donetsk direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, units, and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces have eliminated more than 260 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two D-30 howitzers during the day. An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Avdeevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on AFU units close Nvomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Malaya Tokmachka, Marfopol, and Komsomolskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses in these directions amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab two Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, one D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-37 counter mortar radar.
In addition, two ammunition depots of the 79th Air Assault Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been hit close to Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Stepovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In Kherson direction, Russian troops have neutralised up to 10 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, D-30 howitzer, and two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers during the day.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 82 AFU artillery units, manpower, and hardware in 96 areas during the day. ?? Command posts of the 24th and 54th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated close to Verkhnekamenskoye and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air defence forces have shot downt two Storm Shadow, 19 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and two HARM anti-radiation missile during the day.
In addition, 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of Zatishnoye,Kremennaya, and Chernopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kremenets, Yasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Pologi, and Removka (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 429 airplanes and 235 helicopters, 4,353 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defence missile systems, 9,310 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,919 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,481 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation."
Russian Defence Ministry Daily Report for Saturday 27th May 2023
But it didn't age in one year though.
We do enlarge male private parts using special bees 🐝 🐝 🐝 from bakhmut. You are most welcome😂😂😂
maybe you should just cancel another counteroffensive, i'm quite sure you can come up with another excuse😂😂😂
This helicopter Is from the 90t how is it old?
There are no ukrainion millatry۔۔but only American eroupeion millatry fighting with Russia under wearing Ukrainian uniforms۔
Russias not useing modern equipment ether shits desolate and dire there mostly useing cold war Era tanks guns and missles in witch alot off it got donated to ukraine anyways
According to the Ukrainians, "A day without begging is a day wasted."
No….they need a peace plan.
You can identify that helicopter on every angle
We also want someone to pay for everything, take care of us, give us unlimited supply of everything and we will do nothing 🤣 Ukraine is a joke
usa only interest in ukraine is to use them to fight russia. Same as nato. they will keep the weapons coming until all available ukrainians are dead
Ukraine needs bigger begging bowls
Fool
15 సంవత్సరాల క్రితం జాతినుద్దేశించి మహానగరమైన చెన్నైలో నా రహస్య పాపులారిటీని వాడుకొని హెచ్చరించా… గ్లోబల్ వార్మింగ్ ని దేశాలన్నీ బాధ్యతతో
కట్టడి చేయాలని. అందుకు ప్రతిఫలం నాకు
మీ హింసలు మీకు క్లైమేట్ చేంజ్ వినాశనాలు
మిగిలాయి. అయినా దేవున్ని మీలా ఎవరేది
చెబితే అది గంగిరెద్దుల్లా తలూపుతూ నమ్మే
ఛీఫ్ బతుకులనుకుండ్రేంరా… అనంతమైన ప్రశ్నలతో అన్వేషించి దైవాన్ని నమ్మిన దైవమృగమిక్కడ.
The mi 8 family of helicopters are perfectly fine to use in modern warfare as long as they are serviced properly. The Ukrainian government had almost ten full years to prepare for what has happened and they did virtually nothing. Western aircraft and other equipment won't fix their issues today until they chose to rebuild their armaments sector. There's plenty of secure areas in western Ukraine that could've housed secure factories, storage facilities, and maintenance depots to keep their military going. Instead the Ukrainian government chose to continue the corrupt practices that got them into this mess in the first place. Has anyone asked how Ukraine is going to pay for all of the aid its gotten or to fix the damage done by the war?
😂😂😂😂😂 These guys are jokes 😅
I think they already consider to change their military equipment before planning to engage a war with Russia. Zelensky has a balls to fight with Putin considering he has nothing at all what a brave thing to do hey!!!!
The Biden administration dont want a total Ukraine victory this year….next year Biden will give all advanced weapons to time an Ukraine victory prior the Nov election….politics 😢