Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@skoch78 @NCvety Ну вот сейчас 200+ тыщ чмобиков дотренируют и попрут

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (Twitter)

#Russia: A video surfaced allegedly showing the planting of explosive charges on a Russian Ka-52 helicopter by a saboteur on Veretye Air Base, Pskov Oblast - according to Russian media two helicopters there were damaged due to unknown explosions at 30th October.

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (Twitter)

Though we can't completely confirm the authenticity of the video, the Ukrainian army has never captured 3 Ka-52 helicopters which makes it impossible for this video to be filmed somewhere on Ukrainian-controlled territory.

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)

RT @UAWeapons: #Russia: A video surfaced allegedly showing the planting of explosive charges on a Russian Ka-52 helicopter by a saboteur on Veretye Air Base, Pskov Oblast - according to Russian media two helicopters there were damaged due to unknown explosions at 30th October. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1587182889002827780/video/1

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Вероятно, российским САУ слегка поплохело https://tttttt.me/operativnoZSU/52608 #RussianUkrainianWar

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Донецкая обл. (предположительно), работает спецподразделение #нгу "Омега" https://tttttt.me/horevica/7322 #RussianUkrainianWar

MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Mi-8 helicopter of the Wagner PMC was shot down near Bakhmut, but it did not belong to the Belarusian Air Force.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Telegram channels began to spread information that Mi-8MTKO helicopter of the Wagner PMC was shot down near Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast, Ukraine), which allegedly previously belonged to the Belarusian Armed Forces.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Such assumptions are made on the basis of a photo of the downed helicopter, where a painted square is visible (supposedly, earlier there was the flag of Belarus) and hypothetically, it could have been bought from the Belarusian Armed Forces.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Theories are, of course, interesting, but let’s make a little research. According to open sources, the Belarusian Air Force may indeed have some number of Mi-8MTKO helicopters. But the helicopter shot down near Bakhmut did not belong to the Belarusian Air Force.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

The Belarusian Air Force has a flag on the inlet, and there is a white registration number under the exhaust. The downed helicopter has no trace of the number under the exhaust.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Therefore, the “painted square” on the helicopter is not the flag of Belarus, but the registration number.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Then who has a number on the inlet? Helicopters of the Russian Armed Forces. And based on this, we may assume that the downed helicopter previously belonged to the Russian Armed Forces and was handed over to the PMC.
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