Ukrainian pilots are now using US-made rockets on Soviet-designed helicopter gunships

• A recent video shows a Ukrainian attack helicopter using US-made 70 mm Hydra rockets.
• The rockets appear to be being used in an adapted M261 rocket pod on the wing of a Mi-24V.
• US-made hardware is gradually replacing the Soviet-era weaponry that Ukraine has long used.

A few months after the US government announced the supply of Hydra 70 mm rockets to Ukraine, we now have evidence of them being used on Mi-24 Hind helicopters. In fact, a video emerged on social medias showing an aircrew loading the US-made 70 mm rockets in an adapted M261 rocket pod under the stub wing of a Mi-24V.