Orders to counter attack all along the line resulted in huge battles of encirclement whereby the Red army lost 324,000 men at Minsk, 310,000 at Smolensk, 520,000 at Kiev and a further 500,000 at ...

While the specific mission of the aircraft remains unknown, it was reportedly returning to its base near Vyazma in Smolensk Oblast. This suggests the helicopter was likely assigned to russia’s 440th ...