Flares or the DIRCM that the Ka-52s are equipped with will help against infrared homing missiles like the Stinger. The RBS 70 uses a laser beam-riding guidance system so it's immune against these countermeasures.and with the RBS 70 being a western design, odds are a few soviet era flares are not going to do much.
The Ka-52 is equipped with laser warning receivers so in theory it could have detected the laser and the pilot could've taken evasive maneuvers but it looks like it did jack shit to help in this case.
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