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| Date: | Saturday 28 June 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Kirovske military airfield in Crimea, Ukraine -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Ukrainian Army has struck the Kirovske military airfield in Crimea and claimed to destroy:
1x Mi-8 helicopter
1x Mi-26 helicopter
1x Mi-28 attack helicopter
Satelite images showed an Mi-8 helicopter destroyed and a Mi-26 damaged without rotorblades, likely damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1939051904249594139
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1938934178197704738
https://x.com/MarcinRogowsk14/status/1940781734070833272
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=733966049006959&set=pb.100071807121016.-2207520000
Media:
?️Satelite imagery of the Russian Kirovskiy military airbase in Crimea. After the Ukrainian strikes on Russian helicopters on 26.06.2025. https://t.co/FV45QuqgLo pic.twitter.com/ZwWZd2KK8Z
— Special Kherson Cat ??? (@bayraktar_1love) July 2, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2025 11:03 | Dolly564 | Added |
| 02-Jul-2025 11:05 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 02-Jul-2025 12:17 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jul-2025 05:46 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jul-2025 17:32 | Drone Insider | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2025 16:36 | Drone Insider | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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