Russia's fearsome Ka-52 helicopter gunship, nicknamed "Putin's vulture," has been inflicting a high cost on Ukraine's counteroffensive this summer.

 Russia's fearsome Ka-52 helicopter gunship, nicknamed "Putin's vulture," has been inflicting a high cost on Ukraine's counteroffensive this summer.

Denmark and the Netherlands have been given permission by the US to send the Lockheed Martin jet to Ukraine, but it'll take time to train its pilots.After more than a year of holding out, the Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to provide F-16 pilot training to Ukrainian soldiers.Since the war began, Ukraine has introduced at least two programs that incentivize Russian soldiers and their families to defect.

Experts who analyzed footage of Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash and the layout of debris fields said that signs point to an explosion on board.The minefields Russia left in Ukraine are getting buried under dirt and snow, and the demand for medical care and therapy could be overwhelming.An aviation expert explained to Insider what immediately stood out in footage purporting to show Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash.Flares ultimately caught the pilot's attention and the fighter jets helped escort the civilian aircraft out of the Lake Tahoe area, NORAD told the AP.

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is accused of atrocities across multiple continents and may now be dead. His children's book follows a man's journey back to his family.Ukraine has vowed to rebuild the vast Antonov Mriya An-225, and new images suggest there's been a flurry of activity around the ruined plane.Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to African countries to try and save his sprawling network days before his plane crashed, The Wall Street Journal reported.