Russian helicopters on Thursday, February 24 attacked Gostomel, a military airport near the capital of Kyiv, and Ukraine downed three of them, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukrainian border officials said that the Russian military was trying to penetrate into Ukraine's Kyiv region and its Zhytomyr region on the Belarusian border and that Russia was using Grad rocket systems.

Multiple videos posted on social media platforms show low-flying Russian helicopters in Gostomel, ne of which is seen being downed.