A Russian pilot has defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter, Ukraine's intelligence service said. The military-intelligence agency said it was part of a six-month-long secret plot.

A Russian pilot defected to Ukraine on Wednesday, taking his helicopter with him, officials say. Ukraine's head of military intelligence told RFE/RL that the pilot's crew members were taken by ...

A top Ukrainian official has detailed for the first time how a Russian helicopter pilot defected by flying his Mi-8, along with unsuspecting crew members, to Ukraine.. In an interview with Radio ...

A Russian military helicopter was reportedly lured into Ukraine after a months long operation and the pilot has defected, ... Two other crew members who were unaware of the plan were subsequently ...

The report did not state if Pashkov received or issued the orders to shoot down the target, which was later identified to be a Russian Mi-8 helicopter. Three crew members aboard the Mi-8 were ...

A £12 million Russian helicopter was destroyed by a small Ukrainian drone deep inside Kremlin-held territory, Ukrainian and Russian sources have said. Wednesday’s attack on the Mi-8 helicopter ...

A Russian Mi-28 combat helicopter crashed in the Western Kaluga region on Thursday, killing the crew, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The helicopter crashed in an uninhabited area. There is no ...

Russian military helicopter crashed in the Voronezh region. There were 2 crew members on board, ASTRA reports. According to the media outlet, on January 1, a Mi-28 military helicopter crashed and ...

A Russian Mi-28 military helicopter crashed in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow on Thursday, killing its crew, the Interfax news agency said, citing Russia's defence ministry.

A Russian helicopter with three crew members and 19 passengers on board has gone missing in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, the emergencies ministry said on Saturday.

Aug. 2 update: The main Russian source for this story, helicopter pilot and blogger Aleksey Voyevoda, now claims that a Ukrainian ground-launched rocket—not a drone—shot down the Mi-8.

MOSCOW – A Russian helicopter with three crew members and 19 passengers on board has gone missing in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, the emergencies ministry said on Aug 31.