{"id":45616,"date":"2026-02-17T11:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/defense-forces-hit-russian-ka-27-helicopter-in-crimea-general-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:31:19","slug":"defense-forces-hit-russian-ka-27-helicopter-in-crimea-general-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/defense-forces-hit-russian-ka-27-helicopter-in-crimea-general-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Forces hit Russian Ka-27 helicopter in Crimea &#8211; General Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in occupied Crimea. Three enemy UAV control points in Zaporizhzhia and Kursk regions were also hit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2026%2F02%2F17%2F1771326198-2395-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Defense Forces hit Russian Ka-27 helicopter in Crimea - General Staff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the damage to a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in temporarily occupied Crimea and three enemy drone control points, UNN writes.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>&quot;As part of systemic measures to reduce the combat potential of the Russian occupation forces, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to strike important enemy military targets,&quot; the report says.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On the night of February 17, in the area of Kamyshly (temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), Ukrainian soldiers hit an enemy shipborne multi-purpose Ka-27 helicopter. A hit on the target was recorded<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; reported the General Staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, as noted by the General Staff, on February 16, 2026, three enemy UAV control points were hit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> in the area of Huliaipole (temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region);  <\/li>\n<li> in the area of Anatoliivka (Kursk region, Russia);  <\/li>\n<li> in the area of Zatyshshia (temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region).  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enemy losses and the final extent of damage are being clarified.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Defense Forces of Ukraine will continue to systematically strike at facilities that provide troop control, aviation, and unmanned units of the Russian aggressor.  To be continued. Glory to Ukraine!&quot; &#8211; emphasized the General Staff.<\/p>\n<p>General Staff confirms damage to Ilsky oil refinery in Russia&#039;s Krasnodar Krai17.02.26, 12:38 \u2022 976 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in occupied Crimea. Three enemy UAV control points in Zaporizhzhia and Kursk regions were also hit. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the damage to a Russian Ka-27 helicopter in temporarily occupied Crimea and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}