This is the moment a Russian helicopter is blown out of the sky by a Ukrainian rocket and crashes into a field in a huge fireball.

The video was shared on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 5th March with the message: “This is how the Russian occupiers are dying! This time in a helicopter!
#Stoprussia Fight the invaders! Let’s win together!”

Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” the Ukraine on 24th February, minutes before missiles rained on the European country.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy subsequently announced martial law and the general mobilisation of military defence units in the country.

On 27th February, Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert due to “aggressive statements” from the West, stoking fears of a possible nuclear war.

Putin’s invasion has caused over one million people to flee the Ukraine in the first week alone, sparking Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.