AFU downs enemy helicopter and UAV - General Staff

On Wednesday, January 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

"Today, our defenders shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter and Russia’s experimental reconnaissance UAV ‘Merlin-VR’,” the report says.

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