Satellites recorded burning Russian helicopters

Planet Labs Company published satellite images of Kherson International Airport. On them you can see burning Russian combat helicopters and armored vehicles.

Russian helicopters on fire at Kherson airport. Source: Planet Labs

Russian war equipment was destroyed during an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on March 15. Satellite images show at least three burning helicopters, as well as a number of destroyed units of equipment. Photos taken from a drone launched in the village of Kamyshany also show thick clouds of smoke over the airport.

Burning Russian helicopters
at Kherson airport. Source: Planet Labs

Burning Russian helicopters
at Kherson airport. Source: Planet Labs

Clouds of smoke over the Kherson airport. Source: CNN

The shelling of the airport was also recorded by the automated system FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System), owned by NASA. It is designed to monitor forest fires. According to the system, the Russian aggressors were attacked at 01:42 p.m.

According to https://edition.cnn.com