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The threat against it is extreme, and as a result of that, we are having to fly quite literally below the height of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. >> reporter: built as transport aircraft, they are most vulnerable when they climb to shoot their rockets. diving for cover to 20 feet above the ground is also perilous. a change in sound indicates a tree strike by the helicopter's blades. back at base the blades are swapped quickly. ukraine doesn't have aircraft to spare. nor pilots. surrogate skippers the chopper that hit the trees. he tells me in december, ...

Tree strike by the helicopter's blades. back at base, the blades are swapped quickly. ukraine doesn't have aircraft to spare. nor pilots. he skippers the chopper that hit the trees. he tells me, in december a very close friend of mine died, a lot of people i knew, friends, have already died, unfortunately. it's very painful and i'm very upset, and i cannot move on. he went on, we need new attack helicopters, new jets. unfortunately, our equipment is old and its range is very install and it's inaccurate. a year into fighting russia's invasion, ukraine is still asking for more advanced helicopte...

3sortis a day. >> when you took off this morning, were you frightened? >> why ? >> well, because the russians want to kill you. >> we don't have any other choice than to fight the russians. if you're frightened, you should stay at home. >> that's not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30-years-old. the threat against it is extreme and as a result of that, we're are gone to fly quite literally below the night of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. >> built as transport aircraft, they're most vulnerable when they climb to shoot their rocket. di...

I'm joined now by the ceo of the night time industries association, michael kill. the night—time industries association, tell us about who you represent and how they are being impacted by this latest leave of strikes? irate impacted by this latest leave of strikes? ~ , , , , ,, , strikes? we represent the businesses that 0 erate strikes? we represent the businesses that operate within _ strikes? we represent the businesses that operate within the _ strikes? we represent the businesses that operate within the ecosystem - that operate within the ecosystem between 6pm and 6am in the morning. an...