#Mi 8

On October 1, 2026, in the Voronezh region, a Russian Su-35 fighter mistakenly shot down its own Mi-8 helicopter, mistaking it for a drone. The crew died.

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter violated Polish airspace for 42 seconds north of Braniewo on September 23. Fighters were scrambled and air defense systems were placed on alert.

Ukrainian drones struck Mi-35 and Mi-8 helicopters at the Taganrog-Central airfield, 40 km from the border. Satellite imagery shows one Mi-8 destroyed and one Mi-35 damaged. The strike was part of a multi-day series of attacks on 14 Russian regions.

In Sakhalin, a military Mi-8 carrying an election commission representative and journalists lost altitude and made an emergency landing on a highway in the Dolinsky district. According to official data, people sustained only minor injuries.