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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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

If we look closely, the tail boom also has visible paint stains of the same color as the painted registration number on the inlet, which means that something was painted over there, too.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

This is the international registration number, which is located on the tail of a helicopter only in the Russian Armed Forces, and the helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force do not have it at all.
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MotolkoHelp (Twitter)

Let’s compare:
• photo 1 – downed helicopter;
• photo 2 – a helicopter of the Russian Armed Forces (red registration number on the inlet);
• photo 3 – a helicopter of the Belarusian Air Force (Belarusian flag on the inlet; white registration number under the exhaust).
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Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Херсонская обл., вражины заховали танчик в хате, но не помогло https://tttttt.me/operativnoZSU/52756 #RussianUkrainianWar #всу

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@sergej_spartak Сделали бы вид, что ничего не случилось

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Херсонская обл., обследование ангара с недобитым камазом https://tttttt.me/operativnoZSU/52756 #RussianUkrainianWar #всу