The crew of a Mi-24 helicopter died during a combat mission. This was reported on Monday, February 9, by the 11th separate army aviation brigade in Kherson, New Voice reported.
"With regret, we inform you of the irreparable loss. Our brothers - the crew of the Mi-24 helicopter - did not return from the combat mission. Only the best sons of Ukraine are capable of defending the Motherland so heroically and desperately, fighting in the sky with the occupier. They were true patriots, worthy people and officers with a capital letter. This loss is a great pain... For us, they will forever remain in the sky...“ - the statement said.
On December 17, 2025, the crew of a Mi-24 helicopter from the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade named after Lieutenant General Viktor Pavlenko died while performing a combat mission.
Earlier, while performing a combat mission on a Su-27 aircraft, on December 8, 2025, the senior navigator of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Ivanov Evgeny Vitaliovich, died.
On the night of August 23, 2025, the pilot of the MiG-29 fighter jet died. 46-year-old Major Bondar Sergey Viktorovich died after performing a combat mission during a landing approach.
The brigade did not specify the place and time of the military helicopter crash.
Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ruslan Petrenko was killed in the Kupyansk region.
He served in the special unit "Alpha" and coordinated drone operators carrying out strikes on Russian regions. This was reported today by the Russian security services to TASS.
"Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Petrenko, an officer of the special unit "Alpha" of the SBU, was killed in the Kupyansk region. The senior officer was known for organizing reconnaissance and sabotage operations and coordinating groups of drones carrying out strikes on Russian territory,“ the agency's source reported.