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Russian Ka-27 Helicopter Destroys Ukrainian Drifting Mine in Black Sea

Name: Russian Ka-27 Helicopter Destroys Ukrainian Drifting Mine in Black Sea
Uploaded: 2023-07-19T16:16+0530
Duration: 11 s
Description: MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The crew of Russia's Ka-27 helicopter from the patrol ship Sergey Kotov destroyed a Ukrainian drifting mine in the Black Sea 180 kilometers (111 miles) northeast of the Bosphorus Strait, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

16:16, 19 July 2023

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The crew of Russia's Ka-27 helicopter from the patrol ship Sergey Kotov destroyed a Ukrainian drifting mine in the Black Sea 180 kilometers (111 miles) northeast of the Bosphorus Strait, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Sputnik

"While performing tasks in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, the patrol ship Sergey Kotov of the Black Sea Fleet detected a thwarted drifting Ukrainian mine 180 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus Strait. By the decision of the commander of the ship, a Ka-27 helicopter was scrambled into the air, the crew destroyed the mine with machine-gun fire," the statement said.

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