Ukrainian Army aviation chief recounts helicopter rescue during Russian invasion

Army aviation chief Brigadier General Pavlo Bardakov has shared the story of how, in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion, army helicopters saved a group of cadets holding a key river crossing in Kyiv region. The revival of Ukraine's army aviation began in the early 2000s, and by the start of the war in 2014, the unit was in a high state of combat readiness. Bardakov recalled how a…