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A Ka-52 attack helicopter crashed in the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation. According to available data, reports of the loss emerged against the backdrop of a night attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on the region. The crew of the aircraft did not survive.
Russian propaganda resources and pro-Russian media were the first to report on these events. The first hint of the loss of a modern airframe came from Ilya Tumanov, the author of the Fighterbomber channel, who identified himself as a retired pilot.
"Сьогоднішній захист неба над Санкт-Петербургом від атаки дронів обійшовся нам дуже дорого. Дуже, дуже, дуже дорого. Вічного польоту, брати" (Today's defence of the sky over Saint Petersburg from the drone attack cost us very dearly. Very, very, very dearly. Fly forever, brothers), – he wrote, adding a black square with the date "11.11.2016" to the post.
Other Russian sources later clarified that the phrase "very, very, very dearly" hides the loss of another Ka-52 along with its crew. "Friendly fire" is cited as the likely cause of the deaths.
"Іноді ми втрачаємо найдорожче, що в нас є. І, на жаль, хлопців уже не повернути. Вічного польоту, небесні воїни" (Sometimes we lose the most precious things we have. And, unfortunately, the guys cannot be brought back. Fly forever, heavenly warriors), – another Russian channel stated.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Telegram channel "Taras Hryhorovych reports" drew attention to the possible ambiguity of the messages. There is a version that it refers to the loss of two helicopters. However, as the channel adds, the author of the original message may have simply formulated the thought imprecisely, meaning two members of the crew of one Ka-52 – the pilot and the navigator.
The Ka-52, designated Hokum B by NATO classification and nicknamed "Alligator", is a Russian combat helicopter. This machine performs the role of a command airframe in army aviation, carrying out reconnaissance of the terrain, target designation, and coordination of the actions of a group of combat helicopters.
The equipment is capable of striking armoured and unarmoured vehicles, personnel, as well as aerial targets. The first test flight of the Ka-52 prototype took place on 27 June 2008 at the airfield of the "Progress" aircraft plant in the city of Arsenyev (Primorsky Krai).
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