Russian Mi-28 Attack Helicopters Are Now Firing Cruise Missiles

Russia’s Defence Ministry released footage of a Mi-28NM Havoc attack helicopter firing a small cruise missile from a pylon beneath its left stub wing and returning with a second missile still mounted on the right. The ministry presented the launch as part of combat operations in Ukraine but gave no date, precise location or target. The missile resembles both the S8000 Banderol and the visually similar Dan-T, and the footage establishes that the helicopter can launch a weapon of this type while leaving its exact designation and combat results uncertain.