Vladimir Putin’s helicopter was reportedly at the centre of efforts to repel a large-scale drone attack by Ukrainian forces during a recent visit by the Kremlin leader to Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
The presidential helicopter won’t have any anti-air capabilities, and their defence wouldn’t risk firing AA missiles with the VIP still in the sky, so the most they could do is shake their fists impotently at the nearby drones. If they didn’t shoot down the drones still near their borders using another helicopter, the safest way is just let them be, drones will only target ground objects anyway.
They are saying Putin’s helicopter was flying back from Kursk while the suprise drone attack happened. So it was “caught up in it”.
It wasn’t fighting the drones, it probably wasn’t the target. It was just there while it happened.
The presidential helicopter won’t have any anti-air capabilities, and their defence wouldn’t risk firing AA missiles with the VIP still in the sky, so the most they could do is shake their fists impotently at the nearby drones. If they didn’t shoot down the drones still near their borders using another helicopter, the safest way is just let them be, drones will only target ground objects anyway.