Dramatic moment Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian helicopter using British ‘Starstreak’ missiles

A RUSSIAN helicopter has been blasted out of the sky by Ukrainian forces using a British missile for the first time.

Dramatic footage shows the moment the Mi-28N is hit by the Starstreak in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.

The Starstreak is the world’s fastest surface-to-air missile and can travel at three time the speed of sound.

In the video, the chopper can be seen skimming the treetops before it’s hit in the tail by the Starstreak.