During the War in Donbas, on 20 November 2014, Ukrainian sources reported at a press conference in London, United Kingdom, that their total aerial losses during the conflict in the east were: one Su-24, six Su-25s, two MiG-29s, one An-26, one An-30 and one Il-76.[1] [2] [3] Another Su-24 was damaged. Helicopter losses amounted to seven Mi-8/17s and five Mi-24s.[4] [5]
Fixed-wing aircraft! Operator !! Date !! Comments | 6 June 2014 | An An-30B surveillance plane, bort number Yellow 80, was shot down with two shoulder-launched missiles. 3 crewmen survived, 5 died.[6] [7] |
| 14 June 2014 | An Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane was shot down as it approached an airport in Luhansk, killing nine crew members and 40 troops on board.[8] |
| 14 June 2014 | Claim: Rebels claimed to have shot down a Sukhoi Su-24 with a portable anti-aircraft gun after it had dropped cluster munitions on a local police station. They also claimed that they had captured the pilot after he bailed out.[9] [10] |
| 19 June 2014 | Claim: A spokesman for the militia in Donetsk stated that they downed a Sukhoi Su-25 during fighting in Yampil.[11] |
| 2 July 2014 | A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25, call sign Blue 06, crashed due to a technical fault while landing at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport. The pilot ejected safely.[12] [13] |
| 2 July 2014 | A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-24, call sign Yellow 11, was damaged by MANPAD fire, the engine caught fire but managed to land but caught fire again and the fire was extinguished. The crew was alive and well.[14] |
| 14 July 2014 | An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine while flying at 6500m (21,300feet). The Ukrainian defence minister claimed that the altitude is far from the reach of a shoulder-launched missile, suggesting that the aircraft was downed.[15] [16] [17] Two crewmembers were captured by pro-Russian militia, four were rescued by Ukrainian forces.[18] The remaining two aviators were found dead on 17 July.[19] |
| (2) | 16 July 2014 | An Su-25, call sign Blue 03, was shot down over eastern Ukraine near Amvrosiivka, and the pilot ejected successfully. National Security Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that it was shot down by a missile fired from a Russian MiG-29.[20] [21] [22] Another Su-25 call sign Blue 41 was damaged by separatist a MANPAD, the attack fighter landed safety.[23] |
| (2) | 23 July 2014 | Two Su-25s, call signs Blue 04 and Blue 33, were shot down in the rebel-held area of Savur-Mohyla. Ukrainian authorities claimed that they were hit by anti-aircraft missiles launched from Russia.[24] [25] [26] [27] Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that one of the attack planes was probably shot down by an air-to-air missile.[28] |
| 7 August 2014 | Pro-Russian forces shot down a MiG-29 with a Buk missile near Yenakiieve. The pilot safely ejected.[29] Separatist sources claimed he was captured and interrogated.[30] |
| 17 August 2014 | A MiG-29 was shot down by rebels in Luhansk Oblast returning after a successful mission. The pilot ejected and was found by search and rescue.[31] |
| 20 August 2014 | An Su-24M, White 27, was shot down by rebel forces in Luhansk Oblast. The two crewmembers ejected successfully.[32] |
| 29 August 2014 | A Sukhoi Su-25, call sign Blue 08, was shot down near Starobesheve by a surface-to-air missile during the battle of Ilovaisk. The pilot, Captain Vladyslav Voloshyn, ejected and after 4 days reached Ukrainian-controlled territory.[33] [34] [35] | |
| Service | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 24 February | Unspecified/Unknown | A military aircraft of unspecified type was destroyed by Russian missiles in Odesa Air Base.[50] |
| 24 February | L-39 Albatros | An L-39 Albatros light attack jet from the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Dmytro Kolomiyets was shot down by Russian aircraft in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[51] [52] [53] |
| (5) | 24 February | 5 MiG-29 | Five MiG-29s from 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade were destroyed in combat by Russian aircraft:
One piloted by Lt. Colonel [54] [55] and another was shot down near, Dnipro river near Kosyn in Kyiv Oblast.[56] [57]
One MiG-29 was shot down in Sosnivka, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, the pilot ejected.[58]
One MiG-29UB with Volodomyr Kokhanskyi and Roman Pasulko was shot down over Sukholisy, Bila Tserkva Raion.[59] [60] [61] [62]
Finally one MiG-29 piloted by was shot down in Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast.[63] |
| (3) | 24 February | 2 Su-25, 1 L-39 Albatros | Russian missile strikes against Kulbakino Air Base destroyed two Su-25 attack aircraft, call sign Blue 12 and Blue 42, and a L-39 trainer.[64] [65] |
| (6) | 24 February | 5 L-39 Albatros, 1 MiG-29 | Russian missile strikes against Chuhuiv Air Base destroyed five L-39 trainers in non-operational storage. An operational MiG-29 was damaged beyond repair after crashing during take-off.[66] [67] |
| (2) | 24 February | MiG-29, Su-24 | Russian missile strikes against Starokostiantyniv Air Base destroyed at least four MiG-29s and at least one Su-24 in non-operational storage.[68] |
| 24 February | An-26 | An An-26 transport aircraft, call sign Blue 59, was shot down south of Kyiv; five from a crew of fourteen were killed.[69] [70] |
| 24 February | Su-27 | Lt. Colonel Eduard Vahorovskyi on its Su-27 was shot down near Ozerne airfield in Zhytomyr Oblast.[71] [72] [73] |
| (2) | 24 February | 2 Su-27 | Russian strikes killed seven pilots and servicemen[74] destroyed a Su-27 codename Blue 37, and damaged another[75] on Ozerne Air Base in Zhytomyr Oblast.[76] [77] |
| 24 February | Su-24 | An Su-24, call sign White 20 was shot down by Russian forces in Hostomel; both pilots, Major Dmitry Kulikov and Major Nikolai Savchuk, died.[78] [79] |
| (4) | 24–26 February | 4 Su-25 | Four Su-25s from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade were lost in Kherson Oblast:
A Su-25, call sign "Blue 19", piloted by Lt. Col was lost near Chaplynka, Lt. Col Zhybrov died.[80]
On 26 February, Su-25 call sign "Blue 30", was shot down in Kherson Oblast, near Mykolaiv.[81] The pilot, died.[82] [83] [84]
A Su-25M1, call sign "Blue 31", from the 299th TAB was shot down near Fedorivka.[85] Captain Andriy Antikhovich died.[86] [87]
The last Su-25, call sign Blue 49 shot down in Kherson Oblast was piloted by Andriy Maksymov. Maksymov was injured but survived and was captured on 26–27 February.[88] [89] [90] |
| 25 February | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was lost between Horolivka and Hrushka in Ivano-Frankivsk.[91] |
| 25 February | Su-27 | A Su-27P, call sign Blue 100 was shot down over Kyiv by Russian S-400 SAMs; the crash damaged a residential complex. The pilot, Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, died.[92] [93] |
| 25 February | Su-25 | An Su-25, call sign Blue 39, piloted by, was shot down by a Russian jetfighter near Hlibivka, Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast.[94] [95] |
| 25 February | Su-24M | Su-24M, call sign White 08, was shot down in Voznesenske, Zolotonosha Raion, Cherkasy Oblast.[96] |
| (6) | 26 February | 6 MiG-29 | A Russian missile attack on Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport destroyed six MiG-29s.[97] [98] |
| (4) | 27 February | 4 Su-24 | Military aircraft were destroyed by Russian attacks on Lutsk Air Base, Commercial satellite imagery showed the wreckage of four Su-24s.[99] [100] |
| 27 February | Su-24 | An Su-24, call sign White 77, from the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade was shot down near Bucha, Kyiv Oblast. The pilots, Commander and Commander, died and were awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[101] [102] |
| 27 February | An-26 | An An-26 in storage at Kherson International Airport was destroyed following the Russian capture of the airport.[103] |
| 28 February | Su-27 | An Su-27, call sign Blue 11 was shot down by MANPADS over Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast. Its pilot, Maj., was killed.[104] [105] He was awarded Hero of Ukraine on 3 March.[106] |
| 1 March | Su-24M | An Su-24M, from the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade was shot down near the village of Krasenyvka, Zolotonosha, Cherkasy Oblast. The pilots were wounded, but survived.[107] |
| 2 March | Su-25 | An Su-25, Blue-29 from 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Oleksandr Korpan was lost over Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Korpan died as a result.[108] [109] [110] |
| 2 March | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 piloted by was shot down by Russian aircraft over Kyiv.[111] [112] On 2 April, Brynzhala was awarded Hero of Ukraine order, posthumously.[113] |
| 2 March | Su-24 | An Su-24 was shot down near Novohrad-Volynskyi; the pilot, Colonel, and navigator, Captain, died.[114] |
| 3 March | Su-25 | An Su-25, call sign Blue 40, from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Captain was lost over Mykolaiv.[115] [116] |
| (2) | 4 March | Su-25/UB, 1 L-39 Albatros | An Su-25 or UB variant, was destroyed in the ground by Russian forces in Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv Oblast.[117] Also a L-39M1 Albatros trainer was destroyed as well.[118] |
| 5 March | Unspecified/Unknown | An unidentified Ukrainian jetfighter was shot down by Russian aircraft over Zhytomyr Oblast. The pilot ejected and survived.[119] |
| (3) | 6 March | 3 Su-27 | Russian attack on Kanatovo Reserve Air Base left three SU-27s, call sign Blue 26, 46 and 48 damaged.[120] |
| 6 March | An-26 | An An-26 cargo plane, call sign Blue-57, was destroyed at Vinnytsia Air Base after a Russian missile attack.[121] [122] |
| 8 March | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, piloted by Major Andriy Liutashyn, was lost near Kyiv.[123] [124] |
| 9 March | Su-24 | An Su-24, call sign White 26, was shot down by a Russian missiles near Lebedyn, Sumy Oblast, the pilots bailed out and survived.[125] |
| 10 March | Su-27 | At least one Su-27 was damaged or destroyed during Russian missile strike on Kanatovo Air Base. Photos displayed in April 2023 by the SBU showed the wreckage of the craft, alongside another two Su-27 destroyed at the base later in July 2022.[126] |
| 12 March | Su-24 | An Su-24 was shot down by Russian forces near Bilyaivka village, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast. The pilots, Valeriy Oshkalo and Roman Chekhun, died.[127] |
| 13 March | MiG-29 | Ukrainian military sources reported that a MiG-29 piloted by Cpt. Stepan Tarabalka was lost while defending Ukrainian airspace.[128] [129] |
| 14 March | MiG-29 | Ukrainian officials reported the loss of a MiG-29 piloted by Commander Yevhen Lysenko; his fighter was destroyed by Russian air defenses while fighting Russian aircraft near Zhytomyr.[130] [131] |
| 14 March | Su-25 | An Su-25 was shot down by Russian forces in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast. The pilot, Roman Vasyliuk, captured, was later released on 24 April in a prisoner swap.[132] [133] |
| 18 March | Unknown | A Russian missile strike on the Lviv State Aircraft Plant designed for MiG-29 repairs, which also contained foreign aircraft, left an unknown number of aircraft destroyed and damaged.[134] |
| 21 March | Su-24 | An Su-24 piloted by Viacheslav Khodakivskyi was lost near Pokrovsky district, Zaporizhzhia. The pilot died.[135] |
| 22 March | Su-25 | An Su-25, heavily damaged in combat, was recorded in video.[136] According to a source the Su-25 was piloted by Mayor Rostislav Lazarenko and strafed by Russian aircraft during an attack on Melitopol.[137] |
| 22 March | Su-24 | An Su-24 bomber, call sign White 49 was shot down by Russian forces near Izium; the body of pilot Oleksiy Kovalenko was found.[138] [139] [140] |
| 23 March | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 piloted by Commander Dmytro Chumachenko from the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade was lost in air to air combat by Russian aircraft in Zhytomyr Oblast.[141] [142] [143] |
| 30 March | Su-24 | An Su-24 bomber was shot down in Kirovohrad. The crew from 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Maksym Sikalenko, and navigator Kostiantin Horodnychev, were reported dead.[144] A Su-24 was recorded damaged with a trail of smoke in Rivne, western Ukraine on social media.[145] [146] |
| 4 April | Il-76 | Two Il-76 from the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade were destroyed on the ground by Russian forces at Melitopol Air Base. One of the cargo planes destroyed was in operational state and the other undergoing repairs.[147] |
| 10 April | Su-25 | An Su-25 was destroyed in the ground inside its hangar at Dnipro Airbase by Russian rocket attacks, a technician was wounded as well.[148] |
| 14 April | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was found destroyed in Nova Basan, Chernihiv Oblast, by journalists from France 24; the ordnance the craft was carrying when it was shot down was destroyed by Ukrainian officials.[149] |
| 15 April | Su-25 | An Su-25 was reported shot down by Russian forces in Izium;[150] the downing of the fighter was recorded by a military IR camera.[151] The pilot, Captain Yehor Serediuk, was reported killed near Izium on 15 April.[152] [153] Serediuk was awarded Hero of Ukraine.[154] |
| 30 April | Su-24 | An Su-24, White 87, was damaged by a Russian missile in Kharkiv and crashed near Nova Praha, Kirovohrad Oblast. The crew survived.[155] |
| 6 May | Su-24 | An Su-24, call sign White 12, crashed by a pilot error in Voznesensk airbase, Kherson. Both pilots survived.[156] [157] |
| 14 May | Su-25 | An Su-25 from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade, piloted by Captain Serhiy Parkhomenko, was shot down in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[158] [159] |
| 19 May | Su-24 | An Su-24, call sign White 69 from the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade was lost near Soledar during a combat mission.[160] Pilots Lt. Colonel Ihor Khmara and navigator Mayor Illia Nehar died.[161] [162] |
| 5 June | Su-27 | An Su-27, call sign Blue 38, was shot down while flying at low altitude near Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The pilot, former Commander of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade Lt. Col died.[163] [164] The aircraft was reportedly destroyed either by an enemy air-to-air missile or due to friendly fire.[165] [166] |
| (2) | 16 June | MiG-29, Su-24 | Two aircraft, a MiG-29 and a Su-24 bomber were destroyed on the ground in Voznesensk airbase, Mykolaiv Oblast, after a Russian attack.[167] [168] [169] |
| 26 June | Su-24MR | An Su-24MR, call sign White 84 was lost during a military mission on Snake Island in the Black Sea. Pilot Commander of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade Colonel Mykhailo Matiushenko died and navigator Major Yuriy Krasylnikov was missing.[170] [171] [172] |
| before June | Su-24MR | An Su-24MR, was shot down during a bombing mission in Snake Island, both crewmen; Captain Victor Zhos and its navigator Sergei Pliguzov ejected and survived.[173] |
| 2 July | Su-27 | An Su-27 was recorded damaged being transported for repairs.[174] |
| (4) | 24 July | 3 Su-27s, 1 Su-24 | Three Su-27s and one Su-24 were destroyed during a Russian missile strike on Kanatovo Air Base, one official died and 17 other servicemen were injured.[175] [176] [177] |
| 26 July | Su-25 | The Chief of Intelligence of the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Oleksandr Kukurba, died while flying a combat mission on his Su-25, Blue 16 in Dnipro.[178] [179] |
| 7 August | Il-76 | An Il-76, with serial number UR-76699, was recorded under Russian control in Melitopol Airport.[180] |
| 14 August | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 from the piloted by Lt. Colonel Anton Lystopad was lost while fighting Russian forces.[181] [182] [183] |
| 15 August | Su-25 | An Su-25 from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Colonel Yuriy Pohorilyi was lost while fighting Russian forces.[184] [185] |
| 21 August | Su-27 | An Su-27 piloted by Lt. Col Pavlo Babych was lost during a combat mission. The pilot died.[186] [187] |
| 7 September | Su-25 | Ukrainian officials reported the death of 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade pilot Vadym Blahovisnyi while flying a combat mission on an Su-25.[188] [189] |
| 19 September | Su-25 | The remains of an Su-25 were found in Yehorivka, Donetsk Oblast. The aircraft was destroyed by a Russian 9K33 Osa.[190] [191] [192] |
| 25 September | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 piloted by Major Taras Viktorovych Redkin was reported lost.[193] [194] |
| 29 September | Su-24 | An Su-24 was shot down by Russian surface-to-air missile in Kaluga, Kherson Oblast. The aircraft was recorded on video with one of its engines on fire before it crashed. The pilots Lt. Col Yevhen Soloviov and Captain Artem Khanko ejected.[195] [196] [197] |
| (2) | 10–11 October | Su-27P1M, Su-24M | Two fighter jets were lost over Shishatsk, Poltava Oblast. One Su-27P1M, call sign Blue 58 from 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Colonel Oleg Shupik was lost, Shupik died.[198] [199] Another aircraft, a Su-24M, Yellow 59, was shot down by an enemy missile after returning from a mission on 12 October.[200] [201] One of the pilots survived, the other, Dmytro Bortnyk died.[202] Russian media reported on 27 November that an Su-24 was shot down in air combat by a MiG-31 with a missile.[203] |
| 12 October | MiG-29 | A MiG-29, call sign Blue 10, was lost while intercepting Russian loitering ammunition Shahed 136 drones in Vinnytsia. One Shahed-136 detonated near the jet, shrapnel struck the cockpit forcing the pilot, Maj. Vadym Voroshylov[204] to eject.[205] [206] |
| Total | 96 | 8 L-39, 24 MiG-29, 16 Su-27, 23 Su-24, 19 Su-25, 3 An-26, 2 Il-76, 2 unidentified. | |
| Service | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 6 January | Su-25 | An Su-25 was shot down by a MANPAD over Bakhmut, the engines of the aircraft were recorded later on the city streets in April 2023 by Russian media.[207] [208] |
| 7 January | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was recorded by satellite imagery destroyed near Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast likely shot down by friendly fire.[209] |
| 27 January | Su-25 | An Su-25, Blue 37, was shot down by an enemy jet fighter near Kramatorsk resulting in the death of 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade pilot .[210] [211] |
| 13 February | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was shot down while intercepting Shahed-136 loitering munition, reportedly in the area of Pishchanka, Vinnytsia Oblast. The pilot, Lieutenant Dmytro Shklyarevskyi, ejected but was injured and hospitalized.[212] [213] |
| 1 March | Su-24 | An Su-24M was shot down near Bakhmut. Both crewmembers, lieutenant colonel Viktor Volynets and senior lieutenant Solomennikov, were killed.[214] [215] |
| 17 March | L-39M1 | An L-39M1, codename White 15, crashed during a mission near Malyi Klyuchiv, Ivanoo-Frankivsk. The pilot ejected.[216] |
| 28 March | Su-27 | An Su-27, call sign Blue 30, was lost alongside its pilot Major Denis Kirilyuk while it was intercepting Russian loitering ammunition Shahed 136 drones near Myrhorod, Poltava.[217] [218] |
| (5) | 29 May | Unidentified | A Russian missile attack on Starokostiantyniv Air Base left 5 aircraft disabled or damaged according to Ukrainian officials.[219] |
| 2 June | MiG-29 | MiG-29 call sign White 12 was shotdown killing Vladyslav Savieliev, call sign "Nomad", during combat mission on Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast He was a MiG-29 pilot who participated in a US-sponsored training program at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.[220] [221] |
| 24 July | MiG-29 | A debris of a lost MiG-29 near Bakhmut was recorded in social media.[222] [223] |
| (2) | 25 August | 2 L-39 Albatros | Two L-39 Albatros aircraft collided in Zhytomyr Oblast.[224] Ukrainska Pravda reported the death of three pilots; Majors Andrii Pilshchykov call sign Juice, Viacheslav Minka and deputy commander of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Serhii Prokazin.[225] [226] [227] |
| 19 September | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was hit and damaged by Russian ZALA Lancet kamikaze drone at Krivoi Rog Air Base.[228] |
| (2) | 23 September | 2 unidentified | Two aircraft, presumably MiG-29 or Su-25 were destroyed at Krivoi Rog Air Base.[229] |
| 25 September | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was destroyed at Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv.[230] [231] |
| 10 October | Su-25 | An Su-25 was destroyed by a ZALA Lancet 3 drone attack on the tarmac of Dolgintsevo air base near Krivoi Rog Air Base.[232] |
| (2) | 16 October | 2 L-39 Albatros | Two L-39s, including Blue 02 were destroyed in Odesa airfield by a Russian missile strike according to satellite imagery.[233] [234] |
| (2) | 26 October | 2 MiG-29 | Two MiG-29s were destroyed in the ground in Kulbakino airbase.[235] [236] |
| 23 November | MiG-29 | One MiG-29s piloted by codename pilot Jeff was shotdown during a HARM mission on Donetsk. The pilot survived.[237] |
| 22 December | Su-27 | An Su-27, Blue 53 was lost over Ozerne Airfield during a Geran 2 attack. Pilot Mayor Stanislav Romanenko died.[238] [239] |
| Total | 27 | 5 L-39, 9 MiG-29, 2 Su-27, 3 Su-25, 1 Su-24, 7 unidentified. | |
| Service | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 5 January | MiG-29 | A MiG-29GT, call sign 405, was lost to enemy fire during a combat mission. Pilot Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, call sign "Blue Helmet", from the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade died.[240] |
| 7 February | Su-25 | A Su-25 from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by commander Vladyslav Rykov was lost during combat sortie over Ukraine, presumably shot down. Pilot died.[241] [242] |
| 8 March | MiG-29 | A MiG-29, tail number 371, was shot down over north of Shevchenko, Donetsk. Pilot Andriy Tkachenko died.[243] [244] |
| 20 March | L-39 | An Aero Albatros L-39 was destroyed by a Zala drone in Kulbakino, Mykolaiv Oblast.[245] |
| (3) | 18 April | 3 MiG-29 | Three MiG-29s of the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade were damaged (likely beyond repair) by Russian cluster munition at Dnipro International Airport.[246] |
| 20 April | MiG-29 | A MiG-29s was destroyed by Russian missile strike at Dnipro International Airport.[247] |
| 27 April | MiG-29 | A MiG-29A call sign 371 of the 40th Aviation Brigade was lost during a mission the pilot Lt. Col Valentin Korenchuk died.[248] |
| 30 April | MiG-29 | A MiG-29MU1 call sign White 22 made an emergency landing in a field north of Marina Roscha in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The aircraft was damaged but repairable.[249] |
| 17 May | Su-27 | A Su-27 piloted by lieutenant colonel Denis Vasylyuk of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade was shot down by a Russian Su-35S, the pilot died.[250] [251] |
| 22 May | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was destroyed on the ground at Dnipro Airport, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[252] |
| 6 June | Su-25 | A Su-25 was damaged beyond repair by a Lancet loitering munition drone at the Kryvyi Rih air base.[253] |
| 10 June | Su-27 | A Su-27UB was damaged beyond repair by an Iskander attack on Myrhorod Air Base.[254] |
| 11 June | Su-25 | Another Su-25 was destroyed by a Lancet loitering munition attack at the Kryvyi Rih air base.[255] |
| (6) | 1 July | 6 Su-27 | Two Su-27s were destroyed and four damaged as a result of Russian Iskander-M missile strike on Myrhorod Air Base in Poltava Oblast.[256] |
| 3 July | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was destroyed during Russian Iskander-M missile strike on Dolgintsevo Air Base in Dnepropetrovsk Oblast.[257] |
| 29 July | Su-25 | A Su-25 was destroyed in the ground by Russian Lancet strike in Kryvyi Rih.[258] |
| 12 August | Su-27 | A Su-27 was damaged in the ground at Myrhorod Air Base, Poltava Oblast.[259] |
| 12 August | MiG-29 | A MiG-29, 72 White, piloted by Olexander Migulya was shot down in a combat mision by a Russian Su-30.[260] [261] |
| 16 August | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was destroyed on the ground by Russian Iskander M strike in Dnipro Airport.[262] |
| 22 August | L-39 | An Aero Albatros L-39 suffered an accident during flight when a stork impacted the canopy injuring Pilot Sergei Pluguzov, he ejected but died, the damaged L-39 was successfully landed by navigator Viktor Zhos.[263] [264] |
| 26 August | F-16 | A ex-Danish Air Force F-16, Serial Number 80-3600, was lost in Ukraine during a Russian missile and drone attack, according to US officials. Pilot Lt. Col. Oleksii "Moonfish" Mes was killed.[265] [266] |
| 22 November | MiG-29 | A MiG-29 was destroyed in the ground at Dnipro International Airport by a Iskander missile missile.[267] |
| Total | 28 | 2 L-39, 1 F-16, 13 MiG-29, 9 Su-27, 4 Su-25. | |
| Service | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 28 February | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 from the was shot down by Russian forces over Makariv, Kyiv Oblast. The crew of three died.[268] [269] [270] |
| (2) | 6 March | 2 Mil Mi-8 | Two Mil Mi-8 helicopters from the were lost to enemy fire. The four crew members, Cpt., Cpt., Major, and Cpt., died.[271] |
| 8 March | Mil Mi-24 | A Mil Mi-24 from the was lost over Brovary, Kyiv Oblast. Pilots Col. Oleksandr Maryniak and Cpt. Ivan Bezzub were killed.[272] [273] |
| (3) | 8 March | 3 Mil Mi-8 | During a raid on Russian-controlled territory three Mil Mi-8 one from the piloted by Col. Oleh Hehechkori were lost near Kyiv. Hehechkori was made a Hero of Ukraine.[274] The second Mi-8 was shot down by a Russian missile and the crew, Ivan Pepeliashko and Oleksiy Chyzh were the only survivors. Both were captured by Russian soldiers and later released after a prisoner swap.[275] [276] A third Mi-8 was lost in Kyiv Oblast.[277] [278] |
| 15 March | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 from the was lost near Marinka by a Russian missile. Three officers were killed, pilot Oleksandr Borys and Lieutenants Oleksandr Lazovsky, and Leonid Tymoshenko.[279] [280] |
| (6) | 25 March | 1 Mil Mi-8, 2 Mil Mi-24, 3 Mil Mi-2 | Russian forces captured Kherson International Airport along with one Mil Mi-8, two Mil Mi-24, and three Mil Mi-2 helicopters parked there.[281] In November, both Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters were recaptured by Ukrainian forces.[282] |
| (3) | 28 March,
5 April | 3 Mil Mi-8 | During the Siege of Mariupol, Russian forces downed three Mil Mi-8s near Mariupol as they attempted to evacuate Azov Regiment officials;[283] the wreck of one Mi-8 shot down on 31 March was recorded by media.[284] [285] [286] Of the recorded Mi-8 crash, only two crewmen survived and were captured; the remaining 15 died.[287] Another two Mi-8 helicopters were shot down on 5 April during rescue and supply operations around Mariupol.[288] [289] [290] |
| 15 April | Mil Mi-8MSB | The remains of a Mil Mi-8MSB was discovered in northern Ukraine; the helicopter was carrying a cargo of APFSDS-T tank rounds.[291] |
| 23 April | Mil Mi-24 | A Mil Mi-24 from the was shot down by Russian forces over the village of Oleksandrivka, Kharkiv Oblast. Pilots Capt. Serhiy Kolisnichenko and Cpt. Oleh Skliar were killed.[292] [293] |
| (2) | 23 April | 2 Mil Mi-24 | Two Mil Mi-24 helicopters were lost in Donetsk Oblast, four servicemen; Mayor Viktor Panasyuk, Mhkola Muryachuck, Cptn Maksym Shendrikov and Pavlo Popovych died. Images of one of the wrecks were published in August 2023.[294] [295] |
| (2) | 4 May | 2 Mil Mi-24P | Two Mil Mi-24P of the 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade were attacked by Russian forces in the military airfield of the city of Artsyz, Odesa region, during Ukrainian Snake Island assaults. One was damaged beyond repair and other lost his rotor blades.[296] |
| 22 May | Mil Mi-24P | A Mil Mi-24P attack helicopter was recorded destroyed.[297] |
| 7 May | Mil Mi-14 | A Mil Mi-14 helicopter, codename Yellow 34, from the 10th Naval Aviation Brigade piloted by Colonel Ihor Bedzai, Commander of the 10th Naval Aviation Brigade and Mykhailo Zaremba[298] was shot down by a Russian aircraft near Odesa after returning from a mission on Snake Island.[299] [300] [301] |
| 8 May | Mil Mi-8MSB | The remains of a Mil Mi-8MSB were discovered.[302] |
| 16 June | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 piloted by Serhiy Oleksandrovych Meheda was destroyed by enemy fire near the village of Adamivka, Donetsk Oblast.[303] [304] |
| 13 July | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 helicopter from the was lost during a combat mission in Presivchivka, Donetsk Oblast. The three crew members, Cmdr. Yevhen Kopotun, pilot Nazar Kryl, and technician Bohdan Lozovyi, died.[305] [306] |
| 2 July | Unknown | An unidentified military helicopter piloted by Yevhen Kachai and Pavlo Bordyugov crashed in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[307] [308] |
| 7 August | Mil Mi-2 | A Mil Mi-2 cargo helicopter piloted by Vadym Kravets and Ivan Sholomii was lost during a mission.[309] [310] Another two airmen were killed during that day. Denis Lukov[311] and Commander Oleksiy Myrhorodskyi.[312] |
| 21 August | Mi-8 | An Mi-8 was shot down by Russian forces in Kharkiv. The helicopter was carrying S-8 unguided rockets. The pilots survived, as the helicopter was hit at low altitude.[313] [314] |
| 31 October | Mil Mi-8 | An Mil Mi-8, call sign 843, crashed in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast.[315] |
| 11 November | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 helicopter, number 239, from the was reported lost with three of its crew. The helicopter was hit by a MANPAD during a mission in Donetsk, Msg Vitaliy Golda[316] pilot, Lt. Col Sergey Khomik,[317] and Mj. Viktor Penkovyi were killed.[318] |
| 30 November | Mi-8MTS | Remains of an Mi-8MTS helicopter were recorded in Zaporizhzhia. Date of the shootdown is unknown, the crew likely survived.[319] |
| 11 December | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8, call sing Black 234, was shot down in Kostiantynivka by a Russian MiG-31.[320] Pilots Vladyslav Levchuk[321] and Maxim Fedorov were reported killed that day in Bakhmut, Donetsk.[322] |
| 19 December | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 was recorded downed in Tonenkoye, near Donetsk during combat. Another helicopter escaped.[323] [324] Two servicemen, Lt. Col Oleksandr Zubach and Lt. Col Stanislav Gulov were reported dead.[325] |
| Total | 37 | 4 Mi-2, 22 Mi-8, 1 Mi-14, 9 Mi-24, 1 unidentified. | |
| Service | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 18 January | Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma | A helicopter carrying Ukrainian government officials crashed into a nursery and residential building in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast.[326] [327] The Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhen Yenin, and state secretary Yuriy Lubkovych were among the dead.[328] The deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said the minister had been en route to a "hot spot" when his helicopter crashed. The nine people on board the aircraft died, while the other casualties were locals "bringing their children to the kindergarten", according to Tymoshenko. The helicopter was an Airbus H225 operated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[329] It was confirmed by a CNN news crew onsite after remnants of flight manuals among the debris were found.[330] |
| 21 January | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 was recorded shot down by Wagner forces using MANPADs in Bakhmut.[331] |
| (2) | 31 January | Mil Mi-2, Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-2 was lost near Poltava. Both crew members, pilot Valdyslav Stankevych and Commander Henadiy Butenko, were killed. Another Mil Mi-8 was lost near Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[332] [333] |
| 13 February | Mil Mi-8MSB-V | A Mil Mi-8MSB-V, call sign Yellow 88, was damaged under unknown circumstances. It was spotted during transport.[334] |
| 14 February | Mil Mi-8 | A wreck of a Mil Mi-8 with digital camouflage was filmed from the cockpit of another Mi-8. It is unclear when and where it was lost.[335] |
| 18 February | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 was shot down by Wagner forces near Bakhmut.[336] |
| 17 May | Mil Mi-24 | A Mil Mi-24 was damaged during combat.[337] |
| 4 June | Mil Mi-24 | A Mil Mi-24 crashed in Donbas.[338] |
| 9 June | Mil Mi-17V | A Mi-17V-5, Serial Number 846, was lost alongside one of its crewmembers, Vladyslav Zozulay, in Kharkiv.[339] [340] |
| 1 August | Mil Mi-8 | A Mil Mi-8 was shot down by Russian forces in the area of Mykhailivka, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast.[341] |
| (2) | 29 August | 2 Mil Mi-8 | Two Mil Mi-8 helicopters, 837 and 839 from the were lost in a mission on Kramatorsk.[342] Six airmen died.[343] |
| 12 October | Mil Mi-24 | A Mi-24 helicopter, 209 Black, from 18th Army Aviation Brigade crashed south of the town of Mykolaivka, Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The helicopter was damaged.[344] |
| 20 October | Mil Mi-24 | A Mi-24 helicopter was shot down near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, a Mil Mi-8 was recorded on a SAR mission to retrieve the survivors next to the downed craft. The Commander of the 16th Helicopter Brigade, Sergei Novosad, died in the incident.[345] [346] [347] |
| (2) | 9 November | 2 Mil Mi-8 | The remains of two Mil Mi-8 were recorded in a dump.[348] |
| 8 December | Mil Mi-8 | The remains of an Mi-8 helicopter were recorded in video, likely in Kherson Oblast.[349] |
| Total | 18 | 1 Mi-2, 11 Mi-8, 1 Mi-17, 4 Mi-24, 1 EC225 | |
| Service | Date | Comments |
|---|
| (4) | 24 February | Four Bayraktar TB2 drones were abandoned in Chuhuiv Airbase and subsequently destroyed on the ground by Ukrainian Forces, amid Russian rocket attacks.[365] |
| 4 March | A Bayraktar TB2 was destroyed on the ground in Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv.[366] |
| 8 March | A Tu-141 reconnaissance drone was reported crashed.[367] Ukraine is the only known operator of the drone.[368] [369] |
| 7 March | The remains of a shot-down Bayraktar TB2 were recorded in Zhytomyr.[370] |
| 9 March | A Bayraktar TB2, tail number T223, was lost under unknown circumstances in Crimea. Images surfaced on 18 February 2023.[371] |
| 11 March | A Tu-141 reconnaissance drone crashed in front of a student campus in Zagreb, Croatia.[372] Croatian president Zoran Milanović said it was clear the drone came from the direction of Ukraine, entering Croatia after flying over Hungary.[373] An investigation conducted by the Ministry of Defence of Croatia concluded that the crashed drone had belonged to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and carried a bomb meant for striking Russian positions but it had strayed off course and crashed after it ran out of fuel.[374] |
| 13 March | A Tu-141 reconnaissance drone was shot down by Russian forces in Crimea.[375] |
| 17 March | A Bayraktar TB2 was shot down over Kyiv; the Russian Ministry of Defense published images of the drone wreckage.[376] [377] |
| 24 March | A UJ-22 Airborne UAV was shot down near Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.[378] |
| 29 March | A Bayraktar TB2 was shot down, likely in eastern Ukraine.[379] [380] |
| 30 March | A UJ-22 Airborne drone was reported shot down by Russian Pantsir S1 air defenses.[381] [382] |
| 2 April | A Bayraktar TB2, serial number T187 was lost in Kherson.[383] [384] |
| 12 April | A Tu-143 drone was shot down over Kharkiv by Russian forces.[385] |
| 25 April | A Bayraktar TB2, registration number S49T, was shot down in Kursk Oblast, Russia, after allegedly attacking a Russian base. The drone was destroyed on its way back to his base.[386] [387] |
| (2) | 27 April | Two Bayraktar TB2 drones were reported shot down in Russia: one in Belgorod[388] and another in Kursk.[389] By 28 April 2022, Russian forces had successfully destroyed six Bayraktar TB2 drones as confirmed by imagery.[390] |
| 28 April | A Tu-141 reconnaissance drone was shot down during an attack on Russian-controlled Kherson.[391] |
| 29 April | A Bayraktar TB2, registration number S52 was shot down Russian forces in Novovodyane Luhansk.[392] |
| 30 April | A Tu-143 drone was shot down over Bryansk, Russia, by Russian forces.[393] |
| 1 May | A Bayraktar TB2, registration number S51T was shot down in Kursk Oblast, Russia.[394] |
| 10 May | A Tu-143 drone was recorded crashed.[395] |
| 20 May | A Bayraktar TB2 drone with tail number T274 was reported shot down in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, by Russian air defenses.[396] |
| 23 May | The remains of a Bayraktar TB2, tail number 75, was recovered from Romanian territorial waters by Romanian Naval Forces. The wreckage was first discovered on 11 May 2022 about two nautical miles of Sulina. The drone was likely shot down during the Snake Island attacks conducted by Ukraine in the first week of May 2022.[397] [398] |
| 23 May | A Tupolev Tu-143 drone was shot down by Russian air defenses in Rostov, Russia.[399] [400] |
| 22 June | Two drones launched an attack on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia. One of the drones was destroyed when it struck an oil tank.[401] The footage of the attack showed a drone resembling a commercial Mugin-5 or SkyEye 5000 drone.[402] |
| 29 June | A Tu-141 reconnaissance drone was shot down east of Kursk.[403] [404] |
| (2) | 3 July | Two Tu-143 reconnaissance drones were shot down in the direction of Kursk, head of the Kursk Oblast Roman Starovoyt reported.[405] [406] |
| 21 July | A Bayraktar TB2 was shot down in Kharkiv Oblast as it attempted to enter Russian territory; images of the drone wreckage were displayed.[407] |
| 25 July | The remains of a Bayraktar TB2, tail number T29, were found in Kherson.[408] [409] |
| 25 July | A Bayraktar TB2 drone with tail number U139 was reported shot down in Belgorod Oblast.[410] |
| 9 August | A Bayraktar TB2 drone with call sign 409 was shot down.[411] |
| 2 September | The remains of a Bayraktar TB2 drone were discovered in Kherson.[412] [413] |
| 20 September | A Ukrspecsystems PD-1 multipurpose UAV in transport containers along with the technical documentation was captured, located in a cache in a forest near Kostohryzove in Kherson Oblast.[414] |
| 29 November | The remains of a Bayraktar TB2 drone were published on social media near the Inhulets river, Mykolaiv.[415] |
| 24 December | A Tu-141 drone was shot down near Voronezh, Russia.[416] [417] |
| Total | 36 | 23 Bayraktar TB-2, 6 Tu-141, 6 Tu-143, 2 UJ-22 | |
| Operator | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 24 February | Su-25 | Lost due to pilot error. Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov stated that the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued.[457] |
| 24 February | An-26 | Registration number RF-36074 suffered an in-flight breakup and crashed in Voronezh Oblast, killing an undisclosed number of occupants. The preliminary cause is a technical malfunction.[458] [459] |
| 24 February | Su-25SM | 266th Attack Aviation Regiment plane piloted by Ruslan Rudnev was lost over Ukraine. Pilot died.[460] [461] [462] |
| 25 February | Su-30SM | Ukrainian forces attacked the Russian Air force base in Millerovo, destroying at least one Su-30SM on the ground with Tochka missiles.[463] |
| 27 February | Su-34 | Registration number RF-81259, tail number Red 05 was shot down near Buzova airfield.[464] [465] |
| 1 March | Su-34 | Registration number RF-81251, tail number Red 31, was lost near Borodianka.[466] |
| 2 March | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-91961, tail number Red 07, of the 18th Attack Aviation Regiment was shot down over Irpin. Pilot ejected and escaped behind Russian lines.[467] [468] |
| (2) | 4 March | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-93026, tail number Red 08, was lost over Volnovakha. Serial number RF-91958, tail number Red 04, was shot down in Kodra Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, the pilot died.[469] [470] [471] |
| 5 March | Su-30SM | Registration number RF-33787, tail number Blue 45 was shot down in Bashtanka Raion. Both crew members, Major Aleksey Golovensky and Captain Aleksey Kozlov, were captured.[472] [473] |
| 5 March | Su-30SM | Piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Narzullaevich Khasanov. Lost while on combat duty in Ukraine.[474] [475] |
| (2) | 5 March | Su-34 | Registration number RF-81879, tail number Red 24, was shot down near Chernihiv. Both pilots ejected. Ukrainian forces captured the pilot; the co-pilot died.[476] [477] [478] Registration number RF-81864, tail number Red 26, was destroyed near Hrabivka, One pilot died.[479] [480] |
| 6 March | Su-34 | Registration number RF-95070, was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses near Kharkiv; one pilot was captured.[481] [482] |
| 6 March | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-93027, tail number Red 12, of the 18th Attack Aviation Regiment was found in Blystavytsya, Kyiv Oblast. The pilot reportedly ejected.[483] |
| 7 March | Su-25 | Registration number RF-90969, tail number Yellow 28, of the 266th Attack Aviation Regiment, piloted by Oleg Chervov was lost during a combat mission in Ukraine. Chervov died.[484] [485] [486] |
| 8 March | Su-25 | A fighter from the 368th Assault Aviation Regiment piloted by Sergey Volynets was lost. Volynets died and was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.[487] [488] |
| 10 March | Su-25 | Registration number RF-91969, tail number Red 10 was shot down near Kyiv. Pilot Major Nikolai Prozorov died.[489] [490] |
| 13 March | Su-30 | A Su-30, Registration number RF-81733, tail number Red 72 was shot down by Ukrainian defenses; pilot Serhiy Serhiyovych Kosyk was captured.[491] |
| 14 March | Su-25 | Damaged by enemy fire, likely MANPADS, but managed to return to its base.[492] |
| 14 March | Su-34 | Registration number RF-95010, tail number Red 35 was found wrecked.[493] [494] |
| 17 March | Su-30SM | The crew of two, Lt. Col Yevgeny Kyslyakov[495] and Capt. Aleksander Pozinich from 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, were reported dead during a combat mission on Ukraine.[496] |
| 3 April | Su-35 | Registration number RF-81752, tail number Red 61, near Izium, was downed and its pilot captured.[497] [498] |
| 25 April | Su-34 | Registration number RF-95808, tail number Red 24, part of the 47th Aviation Regiment, crashed in Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast. Both pilots were recorded bailing out.[499] [500] [501] [502] |
| 26 April | Su-34 | Registration number RF-95858, tail number Red 43 was shot down near Zaporizhzhia.[503] |
| 18 May | Su-34 | Pilot Cmdr. Vladimir Fetisov was reported killed.[504] |
| 22 May | Su-25 | Pilot major general Kanamat Botashev was shot down in Popasna.[505] [506] |
| 27 May | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-95152, tail number Blue 15 was shot down near Chornobaivka. Pilot lieutenant Nikita Malkovsky died.[507] |
| 10 June | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-91957, tail number Red 3 was heavily damaged after being hit by MANPADS over Ukraine. The pilot made an emergency landing.[508] |
| 17 June | Su-25 | Pilot error crashed registration number RF-91965, tail number Red-09 in Belgorod.[509] Russian Fighter-Bomber Telegram channel published a headcam video footage of the pilot ejecting; he lived.[510] [511] |
| 18 June | Su-25 | Pilot Andrei Vladimirovich Fedorchukov was shot down with 9K38 Igla MANPADS in Svitlodarsk. Fedorchukov was working for the Wagner Group and was captured.[512] [513] |
| 21 June | Su-25 | The Southern Military District announced the crash in Gusev, Rostov Oblast, during a training flight that killed the pilot.[514] |
| 3 July | Su-25 | Shot down in the area of Sievierodonetsk. Pilot Captain Anton Mikhailovich Romanov was killed.[515] [516] |
| 17 July | Su-34 | Registartion number RF-95890, tail number Red 51 was shot down near Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast.[517] [518] Possibly friendly fire.[519] |
| 19 July | Su-35S | Damaged and crashed in the vicinity of Shlyakhove, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast. The pilot ejected. Footage of the wreckage was posted on February 4, 2023.[520] |
| (11) | 9 August | Su-24, Su-30 | An explosion at Saky Airbase in Novofedorivka destroyed five Su-24s, damaged two, destroyed three Su-30s and damaged one.[521] [522] [523] |
| 22 August | Su-25 | Shot down using 9K38 Igla MANPADs near Bakhmut.[524] |
| 7 September | Su-25SM | Registration number RF-95134, tail number Blue 04 was shot down near Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv Oblast. The fate of the pilot is unknown.[525] [526] |
| 9 September | Su-34 | Remains of Su-34, registration number RF-95004, tail number Red 20, were discovered near Izium. The fate of the crew is unknown.[527] [528] [529] |
| 11 September | Su-25 | Crash taking off from Millerovo air base killed pilot Danil Dolbik.[530] [531] |
| 11 September | Su-34 | Shot down possibly by friendly fire near Vorontsivka in Crimea. Both crew members ejected safely.[532] |
| 12 September | Su-30SM | Remains of registration number RF-81773 tail number Red 62, were discovered near Izium. The fate of the pilots remained unknown.[533] [534] |
| (2) | 24 September | Su-34 | Shot down and recorded; one engine caught fire and crashed, allegedly downed by MANPADS, in Hlushchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast. Registration number RF-95005, tail number Red 22,[535] was recorded shot down by a missile and crashed in Petropavlivka, Kupiansk Raion.[536] The crew ejected.[537] |
| 1 October | MiG-31 | Crashed after takeoff on Belbek military airbase, Sevastopol. In early November satellite imagery showed the remains of a MiG-31 on the bottom of a cliff after the end of the runway. |
| 2 October | Su-34 | Remains of registration number RF-81852, tail number Red 09, were discovered near Lyman.[538] |
| 9 October | Su-24 | On training mission, crash landed near Sibirki in Rostov Oblast and caught fire, possibly due to a technical malfunction. Both crew evacuated safely.[539] |
| 9 October | Su-25 | Crashed in an accident in Rogalik, Rostov Oblast, 30 km from Millerovo airfield.[540] |
| 17 October | Su-34 | Crashed into a residential building in Yeysk near the Sea of Azov during a training flight. Engine fire caused by a bird strike.[541] |
| 2 December | Su-24M | Registration number RF-93798, tail number Blue 48, operated by Wagner PMC, lost near Klesheyevka, south of Bakhmut. Both pilots died.[542] [543] |
| (2) | 5 December | Tu-22M, Tu-95 | Registration number RF-34110, and a Tu-95 damaged by long-range drone attack on the Dyagilevo and Engels-2 air bases.[544] [545] [546] |
| 9 December | Su-25SM | Damaged after an emergency gear-up landing at Primorsko-Akhtarsk Air Base in Krasnodar Krai.[547] [548] |
| Unknown date 2022 | Su-25SM | The remains of a Su-25SM, Registration number RF-91968, tail number Blue 09 were recorded and released in 2024.[549] |
| Total | 64 | 1 MiG-31, 2 Su-35, 10 Su-30, 23 Su-25, 9 Su-24, 16 Su-34, 1 Tu-22, 1 Tu-95, 1 An-26. | |
| Operator | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 25 January | Su-34 | Wreckage found in Ukraine. Video posted on 25 January 2023.[550] [551] |
| 13 February | Su-24M | Registration number RF-93799, tail number Blue 45, damaged by a MANPADS strike over Bakhmut. The crew, reportedly working for Wagner PMC, landed at the base.[552] |
| 23 February | Su-25SM | An Su-25SM, registration number RF-95143, tail number Yellow 37, crashed while returning to the base's airfield in Belgorod Oblast after performing a combat mission due to a technical malfunction. The pilot died, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.[553] |
| 1 March | Su-25 | Crashed somewhere in Ukraine. Pilot ejected and was evacuated by a Mi-8 on CSAR duty.[554] |
| 3 March | Su-34 | Friendly fire incident over Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast. Crew member Major Alexander Bondarev died.[555] [556] |
| 10 March | Su-27 | Damaged in a partisan attack on Uglovoye airfield in Primorsky Krai. Video posted on 10 March 2023.[557] |
| 15 March | Su-25 | Shot by the 93rd Brigade of Ukrainian Forces near Bakhmut and crashed in Zaitseve. The pilot, reportedly working for Wagner PMC, ejected.[558] |
| 7 April | Su-25 | Shot down by airborne anti-aircraft unit near Oleksandrivka. The pilot probably ejected.[559] |
| 8 May | Su-24 | Set on fire in a partisan attack on Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association Plant. The aircraft was in storage and only the landing gear was damaged.[560] |
| (2) | 13 May | Su-34, Su-35S | Both shot down by Ukrainian Patriot Defence Systems in Bryansk Oblast. The crewmen of the Su-34 Mikhail Chuprakov and Andrey Olennikov died. The pilot of the Su-35 Gleb Polyakov died.[561] [562] [563] |
| 24 June | Il-22M | Shot down in Voronezh Oblast by the Wagner Group during the Wagner Group rebellion.[564] |
| 29 June | Su-25 | Hit with Igla missile by anti-aircraft unit of 10th Mountain Assault Brigade.[565] [566] |
| 17 July | Su-25 | Crashed near Yeysk in the Sea of Azov. Southern Military District reported that it was conducting a test flight. The preliminary cause was engine failure. The pilot ejected and was rescued, but did not survive.[567] |
| 19 August | Tu-22M | Destroyed on the ground of Soltsy-2 air base in Novgorod by drone attack.[568] |
| (4) | 29 August | Il-76 | Four Il-76 were attacked by a Ukrainian drone attack at Pskov airfield, two were burned out, two were damaged.[569] |
| 29 September | Su-35 | An Su-35 was shot down over Tokmak, possibly by friendly fire. The crew of one died.[570] [571] |
| 7 November | Su-24 | The remains of an Su-24, registration number RF-92025, tail number Blue 48, were found in Soledar. Likely lost on 3 December 2022.[572] |
| 5 December | Su-24 | Lost over the Black Sea, Ukraine claimed the aircraft was shot down by a Patriot System.[573] [574] |
| 17 December | Su-25 | Pilot error in Ukraine. Pilot Dmitry Moiseev did not survive.[575] |
| 22 December | Su-34 | Shot down in southern Ukraine, one confirmed destroyed by Telegram channel Fighterbomber.[576] |
| Total | 24 | 2 Su-35, 1 Su-27, 7 Su-25, 4 Su-24, 4 Su-34, 1 Il-22, 4 Il-76, 1 Tu-22M. | |
| Operator | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| 3 January | Su-34 | Damaged, by Ukrainian saboteur that attempted to set it on fire at Chelyabinsk Shagol airfield.[577] |
| 14 January | A-50 | Lost over the Sea of Azov. Crew died.[578] [579] [580] [581] |
| 14 January | Il-22 | Damaged by a surface-to-air missile, but returned to a base. One crew member died due to shrapnel.[582] [583] |
| 24 January | Il-76 | Shot down near Belgorod. Transporting Ukrainian POWs according to Russian officials. 65 POWs, 6 crewmen and 3 guards died.[584] [585] |
| 17 February | Su-35 | Shot down over Eastern Ukraine; the pilot was evacuated by a CSAR helicopter mission.[586] [587] |
| 19 February | Su-35 | Shot down over Azov Sea. Pilot Fedor Grabovetsky died.[588] |
| 24 February | A-50 | A-50, RF-50610, Red 42 was lost more than 200 km from the frontline. Video appeared to show the shotdown.[589] [590] [591] |
| 28 March | Su-27 | Crashed into the sea near Sevastopol due to a mechanic failure. Pilot ejected safely.[592] |
| 5 April | Be-200 | A Be-200 was damaged by Ukrainian drone attack on Yeysk Air Base, Krasnodar Krai.[593] |
| 19 April | Tu-22M | A Tu-22M crashed near Stavropol due to an engine fire. Four crew members ejected but one died.[594] |
| 6 May | Su-34 | A Su-34 is reported lost along its crew according to Russian Telegram Channel Fighterbomber.[595] |
| (4) | 14 May | 2 MiG-31s, 1 fighter, 1 Su-27 | Two MiG-31 and one unidentified fighter were destroyed, another Su-27 was damaged and one ex-Ukrainian un operational MiG-29 stationed was destroyed on the ground following two presumed strikes with ATACMS at Belbek air base according to satellite imagery.[596] [597] |
| (2) | 19 May | Su-27P, Su-34 | An Su-27P from the Russian Knights aerobatic team was destroyed by a Ukrainian UAV attack on Kushchevskaya Air Base, Krasnodar Krai. Another Su-34 was damaged.[598] |
| 8 June | Su-57 | An Su-57 was damaged by drone attack at Akhtubinsk air base, Astrakhan Oblast.[599] [600] |
| 23 July | Su-25 | An Su-25 was shot down by 110th Mechanized Brigade in Provosk sector in Donbas.[601] |
| 27 July | Su-34 | Crashed in Serafimovichsky Raion, Volgograd Oblast during training. Both crew ejected.[602] |
| 2 August | Su-34 | Destroyed on the ground by Ukrainian drone attack on Morozovsk air base, Rostov Oblast, Russia.[603] |
| (4) | 22 August | 3 Su-34, 1 Su-24M | Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka air base, Volgograd Oblast left one Su-34 destroyed on the ground and two damaged. A Su-24M was damaged as well.[604] |
| 11 September | Su-30 | Lost over the Black Sea, unknown cause, both crewmen died.[605] |
| 2 October | Su-25 | Crashed due to technical problem or pilot error at unspecified area in Ukraine. The pilot was killed.[606] |
| Total | 24 | 2 MiG-31, 1 Su-57, 1 Su-30, 2 Su-35, 3 Su-27, 2 Su-25, 8 Su-34, 1 Su-24, 1 Tu-22M, 2 A-50, 1 Il-22, 1 Il-76, 1 Be-200, 1 unidentified. | |
| Operator | Date | Type | Description |
|---|
| (5) | 24–28 February | 4 Ka-52, 1 Mi-35M | Mi-35M tail number Blue 29 shot down by MANPAD. Four Ka-52 attack helicopters were downed and destroyed during the Battle of Antonov Airport. RF-90680, Blue 17 landed safely later destroyed by Russian forces.[607] RF-91122,[608] RF-13405[609] and RF-90656[610] were lost in Bucha Raion during the battle of Hostomel.[611] [612] [613] [614] |
| 26 February | Mi-35 | Shot down in Sahy, Kherson Oblast. Images were published.[615] [616] |
| 1 March | Mi-35M | RF-95290, Red 04 shot down with MANPAD in Kyiv Reservoir.[617] [618] |
| 3 March | Mi-28 | Lost in Ukraine, Maj. Sergei Emelyanchik and Maj. Igor Markelovdid killed.[619] |
| (2) | 4 March | Mi-8 | Shot down near Volnovakha as it approached a downed Su-25. RF- 91292 shot down near Makariv, Kyiv Oblast; crew lost.[620] [621] |
| (2) | 5 March | Mil Mi-8 | RF-91165 and RF-91164 destroyed near Mykolaiv.[622] [623] |
| (2) | 5 March | Mi-24, Mi-35 | RF-95286 shot down and recorded in drone video. RF-13017 was shot down in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast. Images displayed on social networks.[624] [625] [626] [627] |
| 6 March | Mi-24P | RF-94966 shot down by Ukrainian MANPADS in Kyiv Oblast.[628] [629] |
| 12 March | Ka-52 | RF-13409 shot down near Kherson; one crewman sustained serious injuries.[630] [631] |
| (?) | 15 March | Unspecified | Satellite images of the aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on Kherson Airport were released. Unknown number of Russian aircraft were destroyed/ damaged. However, some seem to have been destroyed previously.[632] |
| 16 March | Ka-52 | RF-13411 found in Mykolaiv Oblast.[633] [634] |
| 17 March | Mi-35M | A Mi-35M attack helicopter with transport capabilities found destroyed somewhere in Ukraine.[635] |
| 30 March | Mil Mi-8 | RF-91882 destroyed on the ground in Kharkiv Oblast.[636] [637] |
| 31 March | Mil Mi-28N | Shot down by MANPAD. Pilot and gunner survived. According to The Times, a UK-made Starstreak system was the weapon. Wreck recorded in November 2023.[638] [639] [640] |
| 2 April | Mi-8 | Remains of RF-91285 discovered in Hostomel Airport. Possibly lost during the fight for the airport in February.[641] |
| 4 April | Mi Mil-8 | RF-04812 was destroyed in Ukraine; pilot lost.[642] [643] |
| 5 April | Ka-52 | Shot down by a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile.[644] [645] |
| (2) | 21 April | Mi-8, Mi-28 | Shot down by Ukrainian forces using 9K38 Igla MANPADS in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[646] [647] |
| 15 April | Ka-52 | Shot down by Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade in Kharkiv Oblast at night; 2 crewmembers lost.[648] [649] |
| 26 April | Mil Mi-28 | Wreck found by Ukrainian forces outside Hostomel. Likely destroyed during the battle for Hostomel airport in February.[650] |
| 30 April | Ka-52 | Shot down by a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile.[651] [652] |
| 7 May | Mil Mi-8 | Codename Blue 98 was destroyed on the ground by Ukrainian Su-27s near Snake Island.[653] |
| 9 May | Mi-28 | RF-13654 destroyed.[654] |
| 14 May | Ka-52 | Remains of tail number Yellow 22, was found destroyed near Hostomel, likely destroyed during the Battle of Hostomel Airport in February.[655] |
| 16 May | Mi-28N | RF-13628 was destroyed in Kharkiv.[656] |
| 19 May | Ka-52 | RF-13428 was shot down in Kharkiv,.[657] |
| 4 June | Ka-52 | The Ukrainian 128th Mountain Brigade reported shooting it down with a MANPAD in the north.[658] [659] |
| 12 June | Mi-28H | Wreck videod by Ukrainian troops; the crew was lost.[660] |
| 16 June | Mi-35M | Shot down by Ukrainian 231st Dnipropetrovsk Territorial Defense Battalion using MANPADS and videod.[661] |
| 27 June | Ka-52 | British Martlet MANPADS hit and forced it to land.[662] [663] |
| 28 June | Mi-8 | Operated by the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army shot down in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. All seven occupants, including Lieutenant Maxim Kozlov and Lieutenant Alexey Usov, lost.[664] |
| 30 June | Mi-8 | 39th Helicopter Regiment helicopter lost under unknown circumstances in the Black Sea near Snake Island.[665] |
| 12 July | Ka-52 | 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment helicopter lost in Kadiivka, Luhansk Oblast. Major Askar Robortdinov and Major Igor Saraev lost.[666] |
| 30 July | Ka-52 | The remains of a Ka-52 were published. The helicopter was shot down by two missiles the crew survived.[667] |
| 15 August | Ka-52 | Ukrainian forces damaged a Ka-52 helicopter flying in Donetsk Oblast.[668] |
| 17 September | Ka-52 | Shot down in Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast.[669] |
| 22 September | Ka-52 | Shot down in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by an anti-air missile. The pilots survived.[670] |
| (2) | 1 October | Ka-52 | Shot down in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by an anti-air missiles. One pilot ejected.[671] [672] [673] |
| 2 October | Ka-52 | Remains of RF-90393, callsign Red-81 found by Ukrainian Forces in Bilyayivka, Kherson.[674] |
| 8 October | Ka-52 | Remains found by the Ukrainian 128th Mountain Brigade in Kherson Oblast. Dates and circumstances unknown.[675] |
| 12 October | Ka-52 | Remains found; probably downed in the summer. Crew members Major Maxim Kovalev and Senior Lieutenant Andrei Butorin lost.[676] [677] |
| 30 October | Mil Mi-24 | Remains found in Kharkiv,.[678] |
| (2) | 31 October | Ka-52 | Damage confirmed by Russian officials at Pskov Airport, likely by Ukrainian saboteurs.[679] |
| 31 October | Mil Mi-8 MTKO | Tail number Yellow 72, operated by the Wagner Group, shot down with MANPAD by Ukrainian forces near Spirne, Donetsk Oblast.[680] |
| (2) | 13 November | Mi-8, Mi-24 | Previously captured at Kherson Airport; recaptured by Ukrainian forces. |
| 18 November | Ka-52 | Remains found in Kherson.[681] |
| 4 December | Ka-52 | Shot down by Ukrainian Dnipro anti-aircraft missile brigade, killing both pilots.[682] [683] |
| 20 December | Ka-52 | RF-91335, callsign Yellow 43 was shot down, reportedly by a Pantsir-S1 in a friendly fire incident in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The pilots likely survived.[684] |
| Total | 55 | 11 Mi-8, 9 Mi-24/35, 7 Mi-28, 28 Ka-52. | |
| Operator | Date | Type | Description |
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| 7 February | Mi-24VM | An Mi-24VM, registration number RF-13010, codename Yellow 17 was damaged and subsequently destroyed in the ground by Ukrainian forces in Tkarivka, Kharkiv Oblast.[685] [686] |
| 6 March | Ka-52 | The wreckage of a Ka-52 was found by Russian soldiers in the area of Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast.[687] |
| 16 March | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 crashed in Orikhiv Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, reportedly after hitting power lines. At least one crew member died.[688] |
| 5 April | Mi-24 | An Mi-24 was shot down near Berestove in Donetsk Oblast by the Ukrainian Army 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade. The loss was confirmed by one of the prominent pro-Russian Telegram channels. One of the crew members who died was Ilnaz Fazylov of the 112th Separate Helicopter Regiment.[689] [690] [691] |
| 10 April | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was shot down in the Avdiivka direction.[692] |
| 24 April | Mi-24VM | A Mil Mi-24VM crashed near Kupiansk reportedly after hitting power lines.[693] |
| 12 May | Mi-28 | An Mi-28NM, crashed in Svitle,Dzhankoi, Crimea. Both pilots died, with the preliminary cause described as a technical failure. The helicopter was not equipped with a combat load at the time of the crash.[694] |
| (2) | 13 May | Mil Mi-8 | Two Mil Mi-8 helicopters crashed in Bryansk Oblast, near the Ukrainian border. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported they were shot down.[695] |
| 22 May | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was lost under unclear circumstances in Belgorod Oblast.[696] |
| 19 June | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was recorded flying home, despite being damaged with the loss of its tail. The aircraft design of coaxial rotor blades, allowed the helicopter to fly without the tail.[697] |
| 23 June | Mi-8MTPR | An Mi-8MTPR was shot down by enemy fire in Luhansk Oblast, of the crew of four only the commander ejected.[698] |
| (6) | 24 June | 4 Mi-8,1 Mi-35, 1 Ka-52 | Four Mi-8s, including two Mi-8MTPR EW helicopters, one Mi-35 and one Ka-52 attack helicopter were shot down by the Wagner Group in Russia during the Wagner Group rebellion according to Russian sources.[699] [700] [701] |
| 30 June | Unknown | The debris of an unknown helicopter was recorded in Melitopol. The airframe was likely lost time before during the takeover of the airport.[702] |
| 25 July | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was shot down in Donetsk Oblast. Both crew members died according to Russian sources.[703] [704] |
| 7 August | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was shot down in Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The loss was acknowledged by a Russian Telegram Helicopter pilot group.[705] |
| 9 August | Mi-8 | During a Ukrainian intelligence operation, Maxim Kuzminov a Russian pilot defected to Ukraine while manning a Mi-8AMTSh, serial number RF-04438, codename Red 62 on Ukrainian territory.[706] two other crewmen were killed by Ukrainian forces after landing in a Ukrainian airfield. In February 2014, Kuzminov was found killed in Spain.[707] [708] |
| 17 August | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 was shot down near Novoprokopivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, by soldiers of the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade. Pilot ejected, navigator died.[709] [710] |
| 1 September | Ka-52 | A Ka-52 crashed in the Sea of Azov. The crew survived and was rescued.[711] |
| (18) | 19 October | 10 Ka-52, 8 Mi-8 | Ukrainian forces struck Berdiansk and Luhansk airfields with six ATACMS missiles, leaving two Mi-8s and six Ka-52s destroyed, two Mi-8s and three Ka-52s damaged beyond repair and four Mi-8s and one Ka-52 damaged, according to satellite photos.[712] [713] |
| 22 October | Mi-8MTV-5 | A Russian Naval Aviation Mil Mi-8MTV-5 was shot down by friendly fire and crashed at sea. 3 crew died.[714] |
| Total | 42 | 17 Mi-8, 4 Mi-24/35, 1 Mi-28, 20 Ka-52, 1 unidentified | |
The following table tallies the data above.
Ukraine
Romania
Azerbaijan
United States
Hungary
Belarus