Russia Air Force Losses, Crashes & Deliveries
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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 or all military aircraft events.
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Russia air force losses, crashes & deliveries
Mar 23
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8MTV-5 sustained severe damage from HIMARS barrage at a forward operating base.
Mar 22
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-34
· Crash
Damaged after an emergency gear-up landing at Lipetsk Air Base.
Feb 8
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-25
· Shot down
Shot down by Ukrainian soldiers using Igla MANPADS near Toretsk; the pilot ejected and escaped.
Feb 1
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-25
· Destroyed
Wreckage recorded outside the base of Gvardeyskoye in Crimea.
Jan 1
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-28
· Crash
Crashed in Kamensky District, Voronezh Oblast, killing both pilots.
Dec 31
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Shot down
Shot down by an R-73 missile fired from Ukrainian MAGURA V5 USV in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea.
Dec 23
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-25
· Crash
Su-25SM damaged in the canopy by a crash with a ZALA drone.
Dec 18
🇷🇺 Russia
Ka-52
· Shot down
Shot down by friendly fire in an unknown location during combat sortie, killing both crew members.
Nov 7
🇷🇺 Russia
Ka-52
· Crash
Crashed in an unknown location; one crew member died, the other ejected and was injured.
Oct 26
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-28
· Crash
Suffered mechanical failures and crashed in Kerch Strait, killing two crew members.
Oct 6
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-25
· Destroyed
Wreckage was transported in a truck, airframe likely lost before spring.
Sep 21
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8AMTSh suffered fire damage destroying the cockpit after arson at Omsk-Severnyy air base.
Sep 11
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-27/30/35
· Other
Lost over the Black Sea, unknown cause; both crewmen died.
Aug 25
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Crash
Damaged by Ukrainian fire and crash-landed in Kursk Oblast.
Aug 22
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-24
· Destroyed
Su-24M damaged during a Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka air base.
Aug 22
🇷🇺 Russia
3× Su-34
· Destroyed
Destroyed on the ground during a Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka air base.
Aug 10
🇷🇺 Russia
Ka-52
· Shot down
Shot down by Ukrainian forces using MANPADS in Kursk Oblast.
Aug 6
🇷🇺 Russia
Ka-52
· Shot down
Shot down by Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast.
Aug 2
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-34
· Destroyed
Destroyed on the ground by a Ukrainian drone attack on Morozovsk air base.
Jul 31
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-8
· Destroyed
Mi-8MTV-2 destroyed on the ground by Ukrainian MGM-140 ATACMS fire; 20 fatalities.
Jul 27
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-34
· Crash
Crashed in Volgograd Oblast during training; both crew ejected.
Jul 25
🇷🇺 Russia
Mi-28
· Crash
Crashed in Kaluga region due to a technical error; both pilots died.
Jul 23
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-25
· Shot down
Shot down by 110th Mechanized Brigade in Donbas.
Jun 21
🇷🇺 Russia
Ka-29
· Shot down
Shot down by friendly fire in Anapa.
Jun 8
🇷🇺 Russia
Su-57
· Destroyed
Damaged by drone attack at Akhtubinsk air base.