Ukrainian forces down Russian helicopter with UK-made rocket launcher VIDEO

This footage reportedly shows a Ukrainian paratrooper shooting down a Russian attack helicopter with a well-aimed shot from a British-made Starstreak rocket launcher. The footage shows a Ukrainian soldier with a shoulder-held, Starstreak rocket launcher standing by some trees.

The soldier fires his weapon and the person filming zooms in, revealing what appears to be the Russian attack helicopter in the distance, The Sun report. After a few seconds, the missile appears to hit the helicopter, bringing it down as the Ukrainian soldiers cheer. The soldiers can be heard saying (in Ukrainian): "It hit! You hit it! Good boy! ... You hit it! It's going down, we will see smoke now ... Let us see the smoke!"

The footage was obtained from the Command of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of June 28.

"Zhytomyr paratroopers shot down a Russian Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter. A Russian Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and strike helicopter was shot down by a serviceman of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using the Starstreak MANPADS [missile system]," the ministry said in a statement.

The footage was also relayed by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, along with a statement saying: "With a well-aimed shot from the Stasrstreak MANPADS, our 95th Airborne Assault Brigade landed a Ka-52 helicopter of the occupiers! "There is no place for Russian invaders in Ukraine. Beat the enemy on all fronts! We will win!"

The Russian-built Kamow Ka-52 "Alligator" is a versatile attack helicopter. It is a modified variant of the Ka-50 "Black Shark". Starstreak is a British, short-range, surface-to-air missile system that is often deployed as a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS). The UK is providing Ukraine with Starstreak systems, the UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, told the House of Commons on April 25.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is calling a "special military operation". Today marks the 125th day of the invasion.