List of Ukrainian aircraft losses during the Ukrainian crisis

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Below is list of Ukrainian aircraft losses during the Ukrainian crisis, including the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, the 2014 Crimean crisis, and the war in Donbass.

The Kyiv Post newspaper reported on 22 August 2014, that since the beginning of the aerial operations in the East, 18 Ukrainian air Force aircraft were lost, with 16 shot down or destroyed on the ground and 2 crashed for other reasons. Those lost due to hostile fire included: 10 helicopters (five Mi-8s and five Mi-24s), six combat planes (one Su-24, three Su-25 and two MiG-29) and three transport planes (a An-26, a An-30 and an Il-76).[1]

Aircraft Image Origin Type Versions Numbers[2][3] Comments
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 Albatros L-39 Albatros 2008 G1.jpg  CSK Training L-39/L-39M1 4 captured Captured at Belbek Air Base by the Russian Army.[4][5]
Fighter Aircraft
Mikoyan MiG-29 MiG-29-2008-Vasylkiv.jpg  USSR Multirole Aircraft MiG-29
MiG-29S
MiG-29A
MiG-29UB
MiG-29MU1
8 captured and 2 shot down 45 MiG-29s aircraft captured by the Russian Army at Belbek Air Base during the 2014 Crimean crisis,[4][6][7] of which 37 were handed back to Ukraine by late May 2014.[8]

One MiG-29 shot down near the village of Zhdanivka, 40 kilometres northeast of Donetsk, on 7 August 2014.[9]

One shot down near Luhansk on 17 August 2014.[10]

Bomber Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-24 Sukhoi Su-24 2007 G3.jpg  USSR Tactical Bomber Su-24M 1 shot down and 1 damaged On 2 July 2014, one was hit by a rebel fired MANPAD. The damaged plane landed safely.[11]

1 shot down in the Luhansk region on 20 August, initially reported as a Su-25. The pilots ejected safely and were recovered by friendly forces.[12]

Ground Attack
Sukhoi Su-25 Ukrainian Air Force Su-25UB with two MiG-29s (9-13) in background.jpg  USSR Close air support Su-25
Su-25UB
Su-25K
Su-25UTG
Su-25M1
Su-25UBM1
5 shot down and 2 damaged 1 damaged on 1 July 2014, but landed safely.[13]

1 shot down on 16 July 2014, by a rebel SAM.[14] The same day a second plane was damaged by rebel MANPADS and forced to land.[11]

2 shot down on 23 July 2014, near the village of Dmytrivka, east of Donetsk.[15][16] 1 Shot down on 27 July near Savur Mohlya

1 shot down on 29 August 2014.[11]

Transport Aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76 Ukrainian Air Force IL-76.jpg  USSR Transport Il-76MD 1 shot down One was shot down on 14 June 2014 near Luhansk Airport and 49 soldiers and crew members were killed.[11]
Antonov An-2 АН-2 Майское Днепропетровск 27.08.2011.JPG  USSR Transport An-2 1 destroyed on the ground An An-2 was destroyed at Kramatorsk airport 25 April 2014. It did not belong to the Ukrainian Air Force.[11]
Antonov An-26 An-26 6863.JPG  USSR Transport An-26 1 shot down
 additional the separatists claimed their shot down one more
One An-26 was shot down near the village of Izvaryne 14 July 2014.[17]

One alleged shot down near Krasnodon

Antonov An-30 Antonov An-30, Ukraine - Ministry of Emergency Situations JP7146032.jpg  USSR Reconnaissance/aerial cartography An-30B 1 shot down and 1 damaged One was hit by ZSU 23 mm 22 April 2014 above Sloviansk.

One An-30 was shot down by MANPADS near Drobyshevo on 6 June 2014.[11]

Helicopters
Mil Mi-8/17 Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, Sea Breeze 2011 cropped.jpg  USSR Transport helicopter Mi-17
Mi-8MT
4 shot down(the separatists claimed their shot down two more), 1 destroyed on the ground and 3 damaged 1 was destroyed on the ground at the Kramatorsk air base.[11]

2 were shot down and 2 damaged during the Siege of Sloviansk.

1 was hit but managed to make an emergency landing near Savur-Mohyla on 7 August 2014.[11] 1 alleged shot down on 9 August near Donetsk

2 were shot down on 18 and 19 August. Both were piloted by the same crew that survived both crashes.[11]

Mil Mi-24 Mi24ukraine.JPG  USSR Attack/Transport helicopter Mi-24P
Mi-24V
Mi-24VP
Mi-24PM
5 shot down and 6 damaged;
additional 3 claimed shot down. 2 crashed.
4 Mi-24 were shot down and 3 damaged during the Siege of Sloviansk. Rebels claimed to had shot down one more, but it was not confirmed by the Ukrainian military.

Rebels claimed to had shot down two Mi-24 near Snezhny on 12 July, but it was not confirmed by the Ukrainian military.[11] One Mi-24 was shot down and another hit in the Luhansk region on 20 August.[11] 2 Mi-24Ps damaged in Kramatorsk by BM-30 fire on 10/2/2015.[11] 1 Mi-24P crashed due to mechanical failure in the Kiev Region on 24/3/2015.[11]

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