Ukraine's naval drone dodges Russian missiles in helicopter chase video

Footage has emerged of a Russian military helicopter intercepting a Ukrainian naval drone, as Kyiv continues to wage an asymmetric maritime campaign that has forced Moscow's warships out of swathes of the Black Sea.

The video—shared this week on various social media sites and published on Telegram by Ukraine's Strana.UA outlet—shows what appears to be a Russian Mi-8 helicopter chasing down and destroying a Ukrainian naval drone, firing unguided rockets and machine guns at the system.

The Russian pro-war Helicopter pilot Telegram channel appears to be the first to have released the footage, claiming on Wednesday the video details the destruction of five Ukrainian naval drones "relatively recently." One drone was destroyed using unguided rockets, and the rest with machine gun fire, the channel reported.