Ukraine says it downed 2 Ka-52 attack helicopters, which Russia calls the world's best, in a single morning

• Ukraine said it shot down two Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters on Thursday morning.
• The advanced helicopters have given Russian forces an advantage in its invasion, UK intel said.
• But Ukraine is striking back against them, with one tracking group saying 40 have been taken down.

Ukraine said it shot down two advanced Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters in a single morning this week.

Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade posted on Facebook that soldiers destroyed a Ka-52 at around 7:40 a.m. on Thursday using a portable air-defense missile system near Robotyne, a village in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.