 The Ukrainian army destroyed Russian helicopters worth 32 million dollars in one day. Soldiers from the 47th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine downed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter in Zaporizia Oblast on the morning of the 17th of August, making it two Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters that the Ukrainian Defence Forces have destroyed. The 47th Mechanized Brigade announced this on Facebook. Soldiers of the 47th Mechanized Brigade started their morning with the destruction of a Russian Ka-52 helicopter near Robertine, Zaporizia Oblast. 47th Mechanized Brigade said, a fire team from an anti-aircraft missile and artillery division spotted a Russian alligator helicopter at around 0740. They downed the helicopter using a manned portable air defence system. It was reported that this is already the 8th Ka-52 downed by the 47th Brigade. One such helicopter costs 16 million US dollars. Nikola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, reported that Ukrainian defenders had destroyed a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter on the Barkhmut front on the morning of the 17th of August. One less Russian Ka-52 on the Barkhmut front this morning, thanks to the air defence unit of the Air Force for a successful combat operation. He said, on the 17th of August, the general staff of the Ukraine's armed forces reported that Ukraine's armed forces have destroyed 314 Russian helicopters since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.