Second Mi-8 helicopter goes missing within a week in Russia
Communication with the helicopter en route from Irkutsk to Orlyk was lost on the border of the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast. Six people were on the board.
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Ukrainian FPV drone hit another Russian helicopter in Kursk Oblast, source says
This comes as the second reported case this week. A Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter was reportedly hit by an FPV drone in Kursk Oblast on Aug. 6 in what some called the first such successful attack in history.
3 Russian helicopters damaged in Ukrainian sabotage operations, source says
The operations damaged a Mi-8, Mi-28, and Ka-226 helicopters in Moscow and Samara region, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency told the Kyiv Independent on July 27.
Military intelligence: Russian Mi-8 helicopter destroyed at Samara's air base
A Mi-8 transport helicopter was destroyed at the Kryazh air base in Russia's city of Samara on April 17, according to Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).
Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Magadan region, two people reported dead.
The aircraft was reportedly transporting 17 gold mine workers and three crew members when it made a “hard landing” 75 km from the village of Evensk, the Russian Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office said in a post on Telegram.
Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine to receive $500,000 reward
Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian helicopter pilot who has defected to Ukraine, will receive the hryvnia equivalent of $500,000 (approximately Hr 18.48 million), Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on Sept. 5.
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