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List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War

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This is a list of Ukrainian, Russian and Russian-separatist aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the War in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Donbass War

During the Donbas War, on 20 November 2014, Ukrainian sources reported at a conference in London, United Kingdom, that the total Ukrainian 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. Helicopter losses amounted to five Mi-8/17s and five Mi-24s.[1][2][3]

Ukrainian aircraft losses

  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 25 April 2014 : A Mil Mi-8 MT (Yellow 55) is destroyed after being struck by small arms fire on the fuel tanks when it was being prepared for departure in Kramatorsk airport.[4]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg (2) Ukrainian Army Aviation – 2 May 2014: Two Mil Mi-24 helicopters were shot down during large-scale operations during the Siege of Sloviansk.[5] Rebels claimed they had taken one of the pilot captive.[6] The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that two helicopters had been shot down, resulting in the deaths of two airmen.[7]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Army Aviation – 5 May 2014: A Mil Mi-24 crashed after it was shot down by a heavy machine gun manned by rebel forces. The damaged helicopter landed in a river, that allowed all crew members to survive. Later it was destroyed by airstrike.[8][9]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Army Aviation – 29 May 2014: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by rebel forces between Kramatorsk and Mount Karachun, killing 14 on board, among them General Vladimir Kultchysky. Another soldier was seriously injured but survived the crash.[10]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 4 June 2014: Two Mil Mi-24 helicopters were forced to land by Separatist fire, however one of the helicopters was burned out by the damage and could not be repaired.[11]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 6 June 2014: An Antonov An-30 surveillance plane was shot down by Separatist militias from Slaviansk with two shoulder-launched missiles. Ukrainian authorities initially claimed that the pilots survived,[12][13] but they later reported that five crewmembers were killed in the action, and two others missing.[14]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 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.[15]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – Claim - 14 June 2014: Rebels claim 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.[16][17]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – Claim - 19 June 2014: A spokesman for the militia in Donetsk stated that they downed a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 during the battle in Yampil.[18]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 21 June 2014: A Ukrainian Mil Mi-8 crashed while delivering military hardware near Zmievsky.[19]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 24 June 2014: The Ukrainian military says one of its helicopters, a Mil Mi-8, had been shot down by pro-Russian rebels in the east near Sloviansk, killing all nine people on board,[20]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 2 July 2014, A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25, tail number 06 blue, crashed due to a technical fault while landing at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport. The pilot ejected safely.[21][22][23]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 14 July 2014: A Ukrainian Antonov An-26 transport aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine while flying at 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). The Ukrainian defence minister claimed that the altitude is far from the reach of a shoulder-launched missile, suggesting that the aircraft was downed by Russian forces.[24][25][26] Two crewmembers were captured by pro-Russian militiamen, four were rescued by Ukrainian forces and the other two were unaccounted for.[27] The missing aviators were found dead on 17 July.[28]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 16 July 2014: A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25, tail number 03 blue, was shot down over eastern Ukraine near Amvrosiivka town, and the pilot ejected successfully. National Security Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that it was shot down by a missile fired from a Russian Mikoyan MiG-29.[29][30][31]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg (2) Ukrainian Air Force – 23 July 2014: Two Sukhoi Su-25 strike fighters were shot down in the rebel-held area of Savur-Mohyla. Ukrainian authorities claimed that they were hit by long-range anti-aircraft missiles launched from Russia.[32][33] Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said later in an interview that one of the attack planes was probably shot down by an air-to-air missile.[34]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 7 August 2014: Pro-Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 with a "Buk" surface-to-air missile near the town of Yenakievo. The pilot managed to eject.[35] and separatist sources later claimed he was captured and interrogated.[36]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 17 August 2014: A Mikoyan MiG-29 was shot down by rebels in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine returning after completing a successful mission. The pilot managed to eject and was found by a search and rescue operation.[37]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 17 August 2014: A Mil Mi-8 was shot down near the village of Georgievka, Luhansk region.[38]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 20 August 2014: A Sukhoi Su-24M was shot down by rebel forces in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The two crewmembers ejected successfully.[39]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Army Aviation – 20 August 2014: A Mil Mi-24 helicopter was shot down in near the town of Horlivka according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. Both pilots died in the attack.[40]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 29 August 2014: A Sukhoi Su-25, tail number 08 blue, was shot down near Starobeshevo by a surface-to-air missile during the battle of Ilovaisk. The pilot, Captain Vladyslav Voloshyn, ejected and after 4 days was able to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory, was secured by a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard.[41][42][43]

Separatist and Russian aircraft losses

  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - August 2014: A Forpost drone is shot down in eastern Ukraine.[44]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - October 2014: A Forpost drone is lost in eastern Ukraine.[44]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - May 2015: A Forpost drone is shot down by Ukrainian Dnipro-1 Battalion on Pesky, Ukraine.[44]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - October 2016: A Forpost drone is lost in eastern Ukraine.[44]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - October 2016: A Forpost drone is lost in eastern Ukraine.[44]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic Separatist or Russian forces - 13 October 2018: a Ukrainian Mi-24 shot down an Orlan-10 UAV using cannon fire near Lysychansk.[citation needed]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Losses during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian aircraft losses

  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 24 February 2022 : A An-26 transport is shot down south of Kyiv, five crewmen from a crew of fourteen were killed.[45][46]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 24 February 2022 : A Su-27 and a refueling vehicle were burned out by fire after a Russian attack on the military airfield in Ozerne, Zhytomyr District. [47]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 25 February 2022 : A Su-27 is shotdown over Kyiv by Russian S-400,[48] the crash damaged a residential complex. Its pilot, Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, was killed.[49][50]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg (2) Ukrainian Air Force – 27 February 2022 : Two Su-25s "Blue 19" and another unidentified were shotdown in Kherson region. The pilots were presumed dead. Photos of the loss of both Ukrainian aircraft were published.[51][52][53]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg (6) Ukrainian Air Force – 27 February 2022 : A video emerges showing the outcome of a missile attack on the Ukrainian airfield of Ivano-Frankivsk that left six MiG-29 jet fighters heavily damaged.[54]
  •  Ukraine Ukrainian Civilian Aircraft – 27 February 2022 : The world largest aircraft Antonov An-225 Mriya is destroyed in the ground in Gostomel Airport by Russian fire, Ukroboronpon announced.[55]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 2 March 2022 : The Ukrainian Air Force Command said a MiG-29 was lost during air-to-air combat against Russian Su-35s, the pilot is being searched for.[56]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 3 March 2022 : The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced the loss of a Su-27 over Kropyvnytskyi, in central Ukraine. Its pilot, Maj. Stepan Choban, was killed.[57]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 8 March 2022 : A Mil Mi-24 is lost over Brovarsky, Kyiv. Pilots Col. Oleksandr Maryniak and Cptn Ivan Bezzub were killed.[58][59]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 8 March 2022 : One Tu-141 reconnaissance drone is reported crashed in Ukraine.[60][61] Ukraine is the only known operator of the drone.[62][63]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 10 March 2022 : One Su-25s "Blue 31" was shot down near Nova Kakhovka, Kherson.[64][62]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 11 March 2022 : One Tu-141 reconnaissance drone crashed in front of a student campus in Zagreb, Croatia.[65] The Croatian president, Zoran Milanović, said it was clear the drone came from the direction of Ukraine, entering Croatia after flying over Hungary.[66]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 11 March 2022 : One Leleka-100 reconnaissance drone is lost over Ukraine.[67]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 14 March 2022: Ukrainian officials report 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.[68]
  • Roundel of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Air Force – 17 March 2022: A Bayraktar TB2 is shot down over Kyiv, Russian MOD published images of the drone wreckage.[69]

Russian aircraft losses

  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 24 February 2022: Russian officials acknowledge the loss of a Su-25 in Ukraine operation due to a pilot error.[70]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel (2) Russian Air force – 24 February 2022: Video footage from the Kyiv reservoir showed two Russian helicopters targeted by Ukrainian MANPADs, one Mi-8/Mi-24/35 is shot down and fell into the water, another helicopter survived enemy fire.[71] A Russian attack helicopter Ka-52 was damaged by MANPADs fire and successfully landed. Social media later showed the damaged helicopter abandoned near Kyiv.[72]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 24 February 2022: A Russian An-26, registration number RF-36074, crashed in Voronezh region, Russia, killing an undisclosed number of occupants.[73]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 25 February 2022: Ukrainian forces attack the Russian Air force in Millerovo, destroying at least one Russian Su-30SM on the ground with a Tochka missile salvo.[74]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 25 February 2022: The Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian helicopter in Kherson Oblast, by ground fire.[citation needed] Later the wreckage of a Mi-35 is discovered in Kherson.[citation needed]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 2 March 2022: A Russian Su-25SM, registration number RF-91961 - White 07, was shot down in Irpen, Ukraine.[75][76]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 2 March 2022: Another abandoned Russian Ka-52 was discovered near Bucha, probably hit by a surface-to-air missile and crash landed, pilots also escaped.[77]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel (2) Russian Air force – 4 March 2022: Two Russian Su-25SM, one with registration number RF-93026, were lost over Volnovakha, Ukraine. Images of the ground attack fighter wrecks were displayed in social media.[78]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel (2) Russian Air force – 4 March 2022: One Mi-8 helicopter is shot down near Volnovakha as it approached the Su-25 previously downed.[79] Another Mil Mi-8 is destroyed reportedly near Odessa.[80]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 5 March 2022: A two-seat Su-34, registration number RF-81879 - Red 24, is shot down by Ukrainian forces near Chernihiv at 11:30. Both pilots ejected. Ukrainian forces captured the pilot; the co-pilot died.[81][82][83]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel (2) Russian Air force – 5 March 2022: A Mi-24P with registration number RF-94966 was shot down by Ukrainian MANPADs in Kyiv Oblast.[84] One interception video was recorded on DJI drone that was later verified as genuine.[85][86] A Mi-35, registration number RF-13017, is shot down in Bashtanka area. Image of the helicopter wreck is recorded and displayed in social networks.[87]
  • Russian Naval Aviation Roundel Russian Naval Aviation – 5 March 2022: A Su-30SM, from Naval Aiviation is shot down in Bashtanka area, Mykolayiv Oblast. The pilot was captured.[87][88][89]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 5 March 2022: One Orlan-10 drone is shotdown in Ukraine.[80]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 6 March 2022: In the evening, a Su-34 was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, crashed near Kharkiv, one of the pilots was captured.[90] The aircraft was first misidentified as a Su-25,[91] however the wreck of the aircraft resembled a Su-34 with registration number RF-95070.[92]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 10 March 2022: One Su-25 with registration number RF-91969 is shot down near Kyiv. The pilot died.[93][94]
  • Russian Air Force Russian Air Force - 11 March 2022 : A Russian Forpost drone is shot down in Zhytomyr, local media reported.[95][67]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 12 March 2022: One Russian helicopter was shot down near Kherson a Ka-52 with registration number RF-13409, one pilot died, the other seriously injured.[96]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel (?) Russian Air force – 15 March 2022: Satelite images of the aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on Russian ocupied Kherson Airport are displayed. According to Planet Labs satellite imagery a unknown number of Russian aircraft were destroyed and damaged. However some lost helicopters seems that were destroyed previosly.[97]
  • Russian Air Force Roundel Russian Air force – 16 March 2022: A Russian Ka-52 was shot down near Mykolaiv region with registration number RF-13411, the pilot was missing.[98]

Other operator losses

  • Romanian Air Force Roundel (2) Romanian Air Force - 2 March 2022: One MiG-21 LanceR was lost while on an air patrol inside Romanian airspace near Cogealac, 60 miles from the Ukrainian border. An IAR 330 on a search and rescue mission for the missing MiG-21 crashed with seven fatalities.[99][100] The eight servicemen were posthumously promoted and decorated by the president of Romania.[101]

See also

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