A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter has been shot down by air defence in Russia's Rostov Oblast in a friendly fire incident, resulting in the deaths of three crew members.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ukrainian FPV (first-person-view) drone took down a Russian Mi-8 in Donetsk Oblast, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of the ...

New details have emerged about the Russian Mi-8MTV-5 multipurpose helicopter, which was destroyed on September 29, 2025 by soldiers of the 1st Unmanned Systems Battalion "Predators of Heights" of the ...

On the night of March 4, Russian air defense forces shot down a Russian Defense Ministry Mi-8 military helicopter in Russia’s ...

A Mi-8 helicopter from the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Geran-2 drone at close range during one of the recent air incursions along the eastern front. The incident highlights the growing ...

The war in Ukraine has steadily expanded beyond the established front lines, with long-range drones, precision strikes and covert operations increasingly reshaping the conflict’s geography. As the ...

For decades, the Finnish Defence Forces operated ten Soviet Mil Mi-8 helicopters (eight Mi-8Ts and two Mi-8Ps), received in the 1970s by the Finnish Air Force and the Border Guard. The Mi-8 was a ...