> 'Have to love them': Ukraine's Soviet-era choppers / 36ME48Y
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'Have to love them': Ukraine's Soviet-era choppers / 36ME48Y
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In western Ukraine, air force commander Andriy and navigator Maksym fly and land a Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopter as they train for combat against Russian forces on the other side of the country. The chopper is part of a larger fleet inherited from Soviet times that Ukraine relies on to fend off Russian attacks. Andriy acknowledges that they are old, but says "you still have to love them because, in any case, we have them and we need to fly them." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES