MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. Ka-52 helicopter crews of Russia’s Battlegroup Center destroyed seven Ukrainian strongholds in the Krasny Liman area, the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS.

"Ka-52 reconnaissance helicopter crews of Battlegroup Center <…> destroyed concentrations of enemy manpower and weapons of Ukrainian nationalists in the Ukrainian positional area near Krasny Liman," the ministry said in a report.

According to it, during the combat mission, the Russian pilots, flying their helicopters at extremely low altitudes, fired 80-mm unguided aircraft missiles at targets identified by the battlegroup’s aircraft gunners directly along the line of engagement.