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Russia Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Recorded aircraft losses, crashes, shoot-downs and deliveries for the Russia air force, each with a date and source. See the Russia air force overview.

Russia air force losses, crashes & deliveries

  1. MAR 32026 Mi-8/17/171 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down by Russian air defense near Dudki during a Ukrainian drone raid; all three crew members killed.
  2. FEB 202026 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 shot down by Ukrainian Patriot missile over Zaporizhzhia Oblast while launching KAB glide-bombs; crew likely killed.
  3. FEB 202026 Ka-52 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Destroyed by Ukrainian kamikaze drones at Pugachevka airfield, Oryol Region; board #18 of 16th Army Aviation Brigade.
  4. FEB 202026 Mi-8/17/171 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Destroyed by Ukrainian kamikaze drones at Pugachevka airfield, Oryol Region; board #53 of 319th Independent Helicopter Regiment.
  5. JAN 292026 Su-27/30 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-30SM reportedly shot down over Black Sea; crew did not survive (Ukrainian claim, unverified).
  6. JAN 282026 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 fighter-bomber reportedly shot down over Black Sea near Odesa; crew's fate unknown.
  7. DEC 272025 Su-25 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Attack aircraft shot down by MANPADS near Kharkiv; pilot killed.
  8. DEC 252025 2× Su-27/30/35 Delivered 🇷🇺 Russia · Seventh and final Su-35S batch of 2025 delivered by UAC completing record production year.
  9. DEC 112025 An-26 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · An-26KPA RF-46873, Blue 54, of the 318th Composite Aviation Regiment destroyed by drones during takeoff at Kacha air base, Crimea. At least one crew member died.
  10. DEC 92025 An-22 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Strategic heavy transport crashed during test flight in Ivanovo region; 7 crew killed.
  11. DEC 42025 MiG-29 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Naval fighter destroyed by Ukrainian drone strike at Kacha airbase Crimea.
  12. NOV 252025 A-60 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Beriev A-60 laser testbed (Il-76 variant) destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Taganrog-South Airfield, Rostov Oblast.
  13. NOV 252025 A-100 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Mothballed Beriev A-100LL AWACS prototype (Il-76 variant) reportedly damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on Taganrog-South Airfield, Rostov Oblast.
  14. NOV 132025 Su-27/30/35 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-30 crashed in the Republic of Karelia; both crew killed.
  15. OCT 272025 Ka-52 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Ka-52 lost in Ukraine under undisclosed circumstances.
  16. OCT 172025 Su-27/30 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-30SM crashed in Crimea amid a Ukrainian UAV drone attack. Two crew ejected and recovered.
  17. OCT 92025 MiG-31 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · MiG-31 crashed in Lipetsk Oblast; both pilots ejected safely.
  18. SEP 292025 Mi-8 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Mi-8MTV-5 on a CSAR mission hit by a Ukrainian FPV drone and crash-landed near Nadaeyvka, Pokrovsk. Several crew members died.
  19. SEP 252025 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 shot down after a bombing mission on Stepnogorsk, likely by a Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot in Vasilyevka, Zaporizhzhia. One crew member died.
  20. SEP 242025 2× Su-27/30/35 Delivered 🇷🇺 Russia · New production batch delivered by UAC Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant to Russian Aerospace Forces.
  21. SEP 242025 An-26 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · An-26 Blue 30 destroyed on the ground during a Ukrainian drone attack on Kacha air base, Crimea.
  22. SEP 212025 Mi-8 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Mi-8 destroyed by a Ukrainian drone strike at an unidentified air base in Crimea.
  23. AUG 302025 2× Mi-8 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Two Mi-8 destroyed by a Ukrainian drone strike at Gvardeyskoye Air Base, Crimea.
  24. AUG 142025 Su-27/30 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-30SM of Naval Aviation crashed over the sea near Snake Island under unknown circumstances. Two pilots died.
  25. JUL 12025 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 crashed during a training flight in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast after a suspected mechanical failure; both crew ejected.