Ukraine strikes Russian Mi-28 and Mi-17 helicopters far from battlefield

Brovdi said Ukrainian drones targeted an airstrip where four Mi-28 and Mi-17 helicopters were refueling and undergoing maintenance between flights.

The strike was carried out by pilots from combined crews of the Achilles 429th Separate Regiment and the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade in a joint operation with the Alpha Special Operations Center of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service.

Brovdi said the drones hit the rear central section of the engine compartment, avoiding the main rotor blades.

At least one helicopter maintenance worker was killed in the strike, he added.

Also on April 29, the SBU confirmed a strike on an oil pumping station near the Russian city of Perm, 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine. Specialists from the SBU’s Alpha Special Operations Center carried out the operation.

Overnight and into the morning on April 29, Russian Telegram channels reported a drone attack and explosions in Perm and in Orsk, in Russia’s Orenburg Oblast.