Russia Massed Its Helicopters on the Road to Crimea — Then Ukraine Blew Them

Russia massed its Crimea corridor helicopters at Berdyansk airfield — one of the best-defended bases on the occupied Azov coast — and Ukraine took the whole flight line apart in seventeen minutes. Six RAM II loitering munitions went in first, killing the surveillance radar, the S-400's fire-control radar, the communications relay, and the Pantsir guarding the apron. With the air defense switched off, four ATACMS opened above the parked Ka-52 gunships and Mi-8 transports and saturated the concrete. This is drone warfare and asymmetric warfare at their rawest — how cheap drones unmake an expensive shield. Analytical reconstruction based on public reporting; some details dramatized for clarity.#ukrainewar #russiaukrainewar #beyondmilitary