I’m guessing it’s probably red-on-red? I’d be a bit shocked if Ukraine managed to get a whole-ass chopper that deep into Russia undetected.
Either that or it was being harassed by UAVs, which could have been the actual target of the AA.
Shooting at UAVs with your own aircraft in the same space would be very in character.
Whatever that is, it wanted to be seen. It looks like there’s light in the main rotor.
That thing looks like some cheap Chinese toy with RGB lights.
They’re just trying to figure out who can miss the most shots
looks like star wars
Really stupid question that I always think about when footage like this shows up - where do the bullets/shells go that miss? Obviously they come back down, but this looks somewhat populated. I would assume friendly fire or collateral damage is a real thing, but I never hear about it.
Not a dumb question at all. When AA guns miss, the bullets eventually fall back down, often tumbling, which slows them down but doesn’t make them harmless. Even tumbling rounds can injure or kill. Collateral damage does happen but often goes unreported due to censorship or lack of clear attribution.
There’s a lot of stories of bullets coming down (of course they do that, it’s basic physics) and hitting stuff and people.
… and failing, it seems.
WW2 era AA was more accurate than this
The helicopter gave zero fucks.
That was definitely a UAP. Sounds like they shot enough that they should have hit it!
