Ukrainian forces shoot down two Russian helicopters in just 30 minutes

The Ukrainian military has shot down two Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters in the Kherson region in the space of 30 minutes.

The Ukrainian Air Force said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"On October 24, from 13:00 to 13:30, units of the Odesa and Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigades of the Air Command South of the Air Force shot down two Ka-52 attack helicopters in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region," the post reads.

Earlier reports said that Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 30 enemy targets, including four helicopters, on October 23.

Between February 24 and October 24, the Ukrainian Armed Forces killed about 67,940 Russian soldiers.