2 July 2026
Russian forces have lost another Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter used in the war against Ukraine.
The loss was reported in a post by the pro-war Russian Voevoda Veshchayet Telegram channel.
The channel published a photo of the helicopter at around 1:00 p.m. Kyiv time, accompanied by the message:
“May the Kingdom of Heaven be yours, brother. There is a special garrison for pilots.”
Statement by the propagandist Voevoda Veshchayet Telegram channel regarding the loss of a Ka-52 helicopter. July 2, 2026
His remarks indicate that the pilot was killed. At the same time, he makes no mention of the Ka-52’s other crew member – the navigator-operator, who is normally also on board during flights and combat missions.
The propagandist does not disclose what caused the helicopter’s loss, nor does he say exactly when or where it occurred.
Russian forces periodically use Ka-52 helicopters to intercept Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones.
Russian forces make extensive use of this type of aircraft, and as a result, the Ka-52 has suffered significant losses. According to the Oryx tracking project, Russia has already lost more than 60 helicopters of this type.
For example, in March 2026, the Russians lost two Ka-52s in a single day. One of them was shot down in the Pokrovsk area by a Ukrainian FPV drone.
After being hit, the pilots were forced to land the helicopter. However, attack drones from the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated the crew as they attempted to escape from the crashed helicopter.
Good. Another ugly orc chopper destroyed, AND the crew killed.
“Russian forces periodically use Ka-52 helicopters to intercept Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones.”
Sometimes you intercept drone.
Sometimes drone intercept you.
🙂
interceptS, Bert. Or droneS. Or there might be interceptors instead of drones. Or are we talking insects? 🐝
I was making a joke using the structure known as the “Russian Reversal” or the “In Soviet Russia” meme, Dick Try saying it with a strong ruSSian accent.
BTW – this is going back 50 years or so, but I remember a bunch of jokes like this by comedian Yakov Smirnoff. He didn’t speak any English when he came to the US, so his jokes weren’t always grammatically perfect.
He’d say things like:
In LA, you can always find a party.
In Soviet Union, the Party can always find you!
Fun fact: He was born in Odessa, Ukraine, before the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Ron Reagan :
“An American and a Russian are debating their respective countries. The American tells the Russian that people in the United States can go to the White House, march up to the president in the Oval Office, pound his fist right onto his desk, and say: “Mr. President, I don’t like the way you’re running our country!”
The Russian answers: “Oh, we can do that too.”
The American, surprised, asks: “Wait, you can?”
“Sure,” says the Russian, “I can march my way into the Kremlin and go to the General Secretary, I can pound my fist onto his desk, and I can look him in the eye and tell him: “Mr. General Secretary…”
“I don’t like the way President Reagan is running his country!”
But there are no jokes now. Not while the US president doubles as putler-rimmer-in-chief.