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Su-34 Fullback Losses, Crashes & Deliveries

Every recorded loss, crash, shoot-down, retirement and delivery involving the Su-34 Fullback, each with a date and source. See the Su-34 Fullback overview.

Events at a glance

Events per year 2022–2026
2022 — 14 events 14 2022 2023 — 4 events 4 2023 2024 — 7 events 7 2024 2025 — 3 events 3 2025 2026 to 17 Sep — 5 events 5 2026

2026 is a partial year: the bars run to 17 Sep 2026.

By event type 33 events logged · 35 losses
  • Shot down 13
  • Destroyed 5
  • Crash 7
  • Damaged 2
  • Other 6

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Su-34 Fullback losses, crashes & deliveries

  1. AUG 202026 Su-34 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 substantially damaged by Ukrainian long-range drones while parked at Akhtubinsk Air Base, Astrakhan Oblast; fuel spill and fire followed.
  2. APR 252026 Su-34 Damaged 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber damaged by Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces drone strike at Shagol airbase, Chelyabinsk Oblast; airframe relocated post-strike, consistent with damage assessment.
  3. MAR 312026 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed during combat sortie; one pilot killed, fate of second unknown.
  4. 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.
  5. JAN 282026 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Su-34 fighter-bomber reportedly shot down over Black Sea near Odesa; crew's fate unknown.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. MAR 222025 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Damaged after an emergency gear-up landing at Lipetsk Air Base.
  9. AUG 222024 3× Su-34 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Destroyed on the ground during a Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka air base.
  10. AUG 22024 Su-34 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Destroyed on the ground by a Ukrainian drone attack on Morozovsk air base.
  11. JUL 272024 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed in Volgograd Oblast during training; both crew ejected.
  12. JUN 112024 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Russia’s Defence Ministry said a Su-34 crashed during training in North Ossetia and both crew were killed.
  13. MAY 192024 Su-34 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Damaged in a Ukrainian UAV attack on Kushchevskaya Air Base.
  14. MAY 62024 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Reportedly lost along with its crew.
  15. JAN 32024 Su-34 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Damaged in a sabotage attempt involving arson at Chelyabinsk Shagol airfield.
  16. DEC 222023 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down in southern Ukraine.
  17. MAY 132023 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed in Bryansk oblast, Russia, near the Ukrainian border; the crew died.
  18. MAR 32023 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Lost due to a friendly fire incident over Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast.
  19. JAN 252023 Su-34 Destroyed 🇷🇺 Russia · Wreckage was found in Ukraine.
  20. OCT 172022 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed into a residential building in Yeysk during a training flight, caused by an engine fire due to a bird strike.
  21. OCT 22022 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Remains were discovered by Ukrainian forces near Lyman.
  22. SEP 242022 2× Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down in Kharkiv Oblast, one allegedly by MANPADS, one by missile; crew ejected.
  23. SEP 112022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down, possibly by friendly fire, near Vorontsivka in Crimea; crew ejected.
  24. SEP 92022 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Remains discovered by Ukrainian forces near Izium; crew's fate unknown.
  25. JUL 172022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down near Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast, possibly due to friendly fire.
  26. MAY 182022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Reportedly lost by enemy air defenses.
  27. APR 262022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down by Ukrainian forces near Zaporizhzhia.
  28. APR 252022 Su-34 Crash 🇷🇺 Russia · Crashed in Balakliya, both pilots bailed out.
  29. MAR 142022 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Remains reported near Chernihiv; identified as Red 35, registration RF-95010.
  30. MAR 62022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down near Kharkiv by Ukrainian air defenses.
  31. MAR 52022 2× Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down near Chernihiv; another destroyed near Hrabivka.
  32. MAR 12022 Su-34 Other 🇷🇺 Russia · Lost near Borodyanka.
  33. FEB 282022 Su-34 Shot down 🇷🇺 Russia · Shot down near Buzova airfield.