This is a list of Ukrainian, Russian and Russin-separatist aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War. It includes helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and UAVs, and losses from the War in Donbas and the Wagner Group mutiny.

During the War in Donbas, on 20 November 2014, Ukrainian sources reported at a conference in London 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.^[1][2][3] Helicopter losses amounted to seven Mi-8/17s and five Mi-24s.^[4][5][6]

Ukraine

Fixed-wing aircraft

Operator	Date	Comments
	6 June 2014	An Antonov An-30 surveillance plane was shot down with two shoulder-launched missiles. Ukrainian authorities initially claimed that the pilots survived,[7][8] but they later reported that five crewmembers were killed in the action, with two others missing.[9]
	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.[10]
	14 June 2014	Claim: Rebels claimed 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.[11][12]
	19 June 2014	Claim: A spokesman for the militia in Donetsk stated that they downed a Sukhoi Su-25 during fighting in Yampil.[13]
	2 July 2014	A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25, call sign Blue 06, crashed due to a technical fault while landing at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport. The pilot ejected safely.[14][15]
	14 July 2014	An 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.[16][17][18] Two crewmembers were captured by pro-Russian militia, four were rescued by Ukrainian forces.[19] The remaining two aviators were found dead on 17 July.[20]
	16 July 2014	An Su-25, call sign Blue 03, was shot down over eastern Ukraine near Amvrosiivka, and the pilot ejected successfully. National Security Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that it was shot down by a missile fired from a Russian MiG-29.[21][22][23]
(2)	23 July 2014	Two Su-25s, call signs Blue 04 and Blue 33, were shot down in the rebel-held area of Savur-Mohyla. Ukrainian authorities claimed that they were hit by anti-aircraft missiles launched from Russia.[24][25][26][27] Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that one of the attack planes was probably shot down by an air-to-air missile.[28]
	7 August 2014	Pro-Russian forces shot down a MiG-29 with a Buk missile near Yenakiieve. The pilot safely ejected.[29] Separatist sources claimed he was captured and interrogated.[30]
	17 August 2014	A MiG-29 was shot down by rebels in Luhansk Oblast returning after a successful mission. The pilot ejected and was found by search and rescue.[31]
	20 August 2014	An Su-24M was shot down by rebel forces in Luhansk Oblast. The two crewmembers ejected successfully.[32]
	29 August 2014	A Sukhoi Su-25, call sign Blue 08, was shot down near Starobesheve by a surface-to-air missile during the battle of Ilovaisk. The pilot, Captain Vladyslav Voloshyn, ejected and after 4 days reached Ukrainian-controlled territory.[33][34][35]

Rotary-wing aircraft

Operator	Date	Comments
	25 April 2014	A Mil Mi-8MT, call sign Yellow 55, was destroyed after it was struck by small arms fire on the fuel tanks while preparing for departure in Kramatorsk Airport.[36]
(2)	2 May 2014	Two Mil Mi-24s were shot down during large-scale operations during the Siege of Sloviansk.[37] Rebels claimed they had taken one pilot captive.[38] The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that two helicopters had been shot down, killing two airmen.[39]
	5 May 2014	A Mil Mi-24 crashed after it was shot down by a heavy machine gun operated by rebel forces. The damaged helicopter landed in a river, and all crew members survived. Later, it was destroyed by an airstrike.[40][41]
	29 May 2014	A Mil Mi-8 was shot down by rebel forces between Kramatorsk and Mount Karachun, killing 14 on board, among them General Serhiy Kulchytsky. Another soldier was seriously injured.[42]
	4 June 2014	Two Mil Mi-24s were forced to land by rebel fire; one was burned out by the damage and could not be repaired.[43]
	21 June 2014	A Mil Mi-8 crashed while delivering military hardware near Chuhuiv.[44]
	24 June 2014	The Ukrainian military said that an Mil Mi-8 had been shot down by pro-Russian rebels in the east near Sloviansk, killing all nine people on board.[45]
	7 August 2014	Pro-Russian forces shot down an Mi-8MT, call sign Yellow 62, in Manuilivka, Donetsk Oblast.[46][4]
	17 August 2014	A Mil Mi-8 was shot down near the village of Heorhiivka, Luhansk Oblast.[6]
	20 August 2014	A Mil Mi-24 was shot down near the town of Horlivka according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. Both pilots died in the attack.[47]
	27 August 2014	A Mil Mi-8, call sign Yellow 59, crashed while landing in Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast.[5]

Russian

Russian Air Force	August 2014	A Forpost drone was shot down in eastern Ukraine.[48]
Russian Air Force	October 2014	A Forpost drone was lost in eastern Ukraine.[48]
Russian Air Force	May 2015	A Forpost drone was shot down by the Ukrainian Dnipro-1 Battalion in Pesky[clarification needed], Ukraine.[48]
Russian Air Force	October 2016	A Forpost drone was lost in eastern Ukraine.[48]
Russian Air Force	October 2016	A Forpost drone was lost in eastern Ukraine.[48]

Total losses

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Aircraft losses
Airframe	Destroyed
MiG-29	2
Su-25	6
Su-24	1
An-26	1
An-30	1
Il-76	1
Mi-8/17	7
Mil Mi-24	5
Forpost	5

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