ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298589
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 April 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8 |
| Owner/operator: | Ukrainian Armed Forces |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mariupol -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dnepro |
| Mariupol | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
On 5 April 2022, a Ukrainian Army Aviation Mil Mi-8, of the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade, was shot down by the Russian forces near Mariupol. At least two crew members, major Borys Horoshko and starshyy leytenant Vyacheslav Sindiy, did not survive. The third one, kapitan Bohdan Chichura, is still missing. On the same day, second Mi-8 was downed while conducting search and rescue mission for Horoshko's crew.
Sources:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/exclusive-details-of-ukraines-daring-helicopter-missions-into-russian-occupied-mariupol
https://sputniknews.com/20220409/crew-of-ukrainian-heli-downed-in-botched-azov-rescue-mission-thank-russians-for-saving-lives---1094613942.html
https://militarizm.su/vojna-na-ukraine/podtverzhdennye-poteri-ukrainskoj-aviacii-do-31-03-2022.html
https://lenta.ru/news/2022/04/09/letchik/
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02d8tnztCWsXtr2MVkktTxiMAJj9Zy13ocrpZ823WWdutMC9bWv9fXQzafDSx4zRd3l&id=100071807121016&fbclid=IwAR1ExT-1t1p3DMgAd_lAiDBSJCAp7T2Z7ZH8_J6uUqK97GqaYgG32h5qmQg
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 19:45 | Drone Insider | Added |
| 05-Nov-2022 06:51 | Drone Insider | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2023 13:25 | AlxSrgv | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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