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Antony Thrower

Russian helicopter blown up in Ukrainian drone strike on Snake Island

Shocking footage taken by a drone shows the moment a Russian helicopter is blown out of the sky by a Ukrainian missile.

The black and white footage, shared on social media, shows the Mi-8 helicopter unloading troops on Snake Island before an explosion rocks the camera.

Smoke is then seen billowing from the scene of the blast.

The short video is undated and it is unclear how many casualties were caused by the devastating attack.

Yesterday Ukraine released another video claiming to show a military drone hit on a Russian landing ship supplying a TOR anti-aircraft missile system to Snake Island.

The footage appears to show the destruction of a large Serna-type landing craft in an air strike.

The footage showed the helicopter with troops moving around the aircraft (via REUTERS)

Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko said: “Enemy units remaining on Snake Island remain without air cover and will be destroyed and burned out like cockroaches or locusts.

Other reports said the landing craft had been hit by a hit by a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 military drone.

Video coverage of the attack on vessel was not dated in images.

After the strike, people were seen moving about on the vessel.

After a few moments a large explosion is shown (via REUTERS)

The Serna class - Russian designation Project 11770 - is a type of “air cavity” designed landing craft constructed for the Russian Navy.

Meanwhile further footage showed the chilling moment a bomb from a Ukrainian drone was dropped through the sunroof of a Russian vehicle, before exploding, sending smoke billowing out the car.

The harrowing footage was filmed from the drone’s perspective as the Russian soldiers crowd around the car.

Not far from the car are the destroyed remains of a building and the rural road around them is strewn with debris.

As one Russian troop dives into the car, another runs up from the direction of the destroyed building and leaps in too.

It zooms out showing the resulting explosion on the little Snake Island (via REUTERS)

The bomb’s dropped from the drone as the third Russian runs around the back of the car and it reverse slightly, perfectly positioning itself so the bomb falls through the sunroof.

At the beginning of the invasion in February the tiny Black Sea Snake Island hit the headlines when 13 Ukrainians told a Russian warship to “go f*** yourself”.

Rumours suggested at the time the troops were killed in the air and sea bombardment before the Ukrainian Navy confirmed they were alive.

In a Facebook post the Navy wrote: “Regarding the Marines and border guards on the island of Snake…we are very happy to learn that our brothers are alive and well.

“They were illegally captured by the Russians. Illegal capture of a civilian ship - a non-combatant without performing any military mission, is a violation of the rules and customs of war, international humanitarian law.

“We demand from Russia the immediate release of illegally occupied citizens of Ukraine .

"We address the world community, to the believers of all churches requesting to take all possible measures to influence the Russian Federation for the return of our citizens.

“The sailors bravely rebuked twice the attacks of the Russian invaders.”

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