A Russian Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to an update from the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff on October 11.
No further details were provided about the circumstances of the helicopter's destruction.
The Mi-8, a Soviet-era helicopter, is mainly used for transport by both the Russian military and government agencies, but it also performs combat and command roles. The helicopter’s estimated cost is between $10 and $15 million.
As of this update, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Russia has lost a total of 329 helicopters since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Just days earlier, on October 5, Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian SU-25 aircraft in the Donetsk region, as confirmed by Serhii Horbunov, the head of the Kostiantynivka Military Administration.
