evgenia nipot, anatolia tyurkin, alina zykova, lead. now about the work of the fighters, fire support of the russian aerospace forces in the area of ​​the special military operation. the crew of the mi-8 helicopter destroyed an enemy aircraft-type drone in the kupinsky direction. the unmanned aerial vehicle was heading towards the deployment of our units; based on external signs, the crew recognized that it belonged to the ukrainian armed forces and opened fire on it. after hitting the target, carried out an anti-missile maneuver and shot off heat traps, mi-8 fire support groups daily help army aviation combat helicopters on sorties, protecting them in the air from enemy helicopters. strikes , in the process of carrying out the strike, a group of helicopters in the kupyansk direction discovered an unknown drone, identified it as enemy by various signs, then received a command to open fire, the fire team shot it down, then carried out an approach over it, made sure that it was really enemy, carried out an anti-aircraft maneuver. and went