ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309018
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| Date: | Sunday 6 March 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8 |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dnipro river near Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dzhankoi |
| Chornobaivka Air Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
On 6 March 2022, a Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8, operated by the 55th Separate Helicopter Regiment, was shot down by Ukrainian forces using MANPADS, and fell into the Dnieper river near Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast. All three crew members, major Yuri Belitchenko, kapitan Konstantin Saigakov and starshiy leytenant Ildar Izmailov, were killed. The helicopter was transporting military personnel (reportedly 14 people) from Dzhankoi to the Chornobaivka Air Base. Most likely, these 8 were among the passengers who died in the crash: starshiy leytenant Nikita Perfilov (368th ShAP), starshyna Stanislav Arzumanov (368th ShAP), starshiy leytenant Mikhail Fatyanov (37th SAP), kapitan Alexander Alexandrov (37th SAP), starshiy leytenant Maxim Ushakov (37th SAP), major Kirill Litvinov (37th SAP), praporshchyk Dmitry Shalomagin (37th SAP) and starshiy praporshchyk Sergei Lekanov (37th SAP).
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https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0AyiJsgj4kcn7r9S7T4YzyY1TZwrDFz6L5Qv5RFyMLhmWMzfTL4TMuQcN8NSZvkN6l&id=100071807121016
https://twitter.com/MarcinRogowsk14/status/1633933434266476545?t=Y8jJFM7NrkSvSTDSt8mUYg&s=19
https://t.me/demilitarizationDB/235?single
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2023 11:16 | Anon. | Updated |
| 23-May-2023 07:46 | Anon. | Updated |
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