Ukrainian Attack Helicopters Fire Missiles At Russian Positions

These images show Ukrainian attack helicopters firing missiles at Russian positions.

The footage shows Ukrainian attack helicopters taking part in combat operations against the invading Russian forces, with them seen flying low over countryside and firing missiles at unseen Russian positions.

The images were obtained from the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, 1st June, along with a statement saying: “Army aviation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together to victory!”

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022 in what the Kremlin is still calling a “special military operation”. Today marks the 464th day of the full-scale war.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between 24th February 2022 and 2nd June 2023, Russia had lost about 208,910 personnel, 3,819 tanks, 7,490 armoured combat vehicles, 3,501 artillery units, 575 multiple launch rocket systems, 335 air defence systems, 313 warplanes, 298 helicopters, 3,137 drones, 1,117 cruise missiles, 18 warships, 6,267 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, and 465 units of special equipment.

Russia has claimed that its casualties have been much lower but provides infrequent updates on its latest figures.

The Ukrainian authorities in the capital Kyiv have said that three people including a child have been killed and a dozen people have been injured after a missile attack on the city hit a block of flats, two schools and a medical facility for children.

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, has said that at least nine civilians have been injured in shelling.

Ukrainian attack helicopters firing missiles at Russian positions in Ukraine in undated footage. The footage was released by Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday, June, 1, 2023. (@UALandForces/Newsflash)

He accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of hitting the town of Shebekino with ‘Grad’ rockets, but responsibility for the raid has been claimed by Russian anti-Putin partisans.

Ukraine has reportedly imposed sanctions on Alexander Lebedev, a former KGB intelligence officer whose son Evgeny Lebedev is a Member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The sanctions were reportedly put in place last October by the National Security and Defence Council in Kyiv as a result of a decree signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, it emerged on Thursday.

Zelensky has said that Kyiv wants a “clear” decision to be made regarding its future in NATO when the organisation’s members meet in Vilnius, in Lithuania, next month.

NATO foreign ministers met in Oslo, in Norway, to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, among other issues. Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, said it was time for members to determine how Ukraine can become a member.

Tobias Billstrom, Sweden’s Foreign Minister, said in Oslo that the time had also come for Turkey and Hungary to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid.

He said: “We have fulfilled all our commitments.”

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that he would travel to Turkey to discuss Sweden’s membership of the alliance.

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