Overview
- Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said a long-range drone brought down a Russian Mi-8 near Kuteynikovo in Rostov Oblast.
- The unit published footage on Nov. 22 on Telegram purporting to show the intercept.
- The announcement cast the operation as the first time a deep-strike drone was used to down this helicopter type.
- The Kyiv Independent reported it could not independently verify the claim or the timing of the operation.
- Ukrainian authorities previously reported Mi-8 losses in strikes in Russian-occupied Crimea in September and at a Bryansk airfield in June.