{"id":26292431,"date":"2026-10-03T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/su-35-shoots-down-russian-mi-8-voronezh-friendly-fire-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:46:38","slug":"su-35-shoots-down-russian-mi-8-voronezh-friendly-fire-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/su-35-shoots-down-russian-mi-8-voronezh-friendly-fire-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Su-35 Shoots Down Russian Mi-8 Over Voronezh, Channels Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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If the reports coming out of the Voronezh region are right, the missile or the shells that brought it down came from a Russian fighter.<\/p>\n<p>According to Telegram channels covering the Russian military, a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/su-35-flanker-e\/\">Su-35<\/a> crew mistook a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/mi-8-hip\/\">Mi-8<\/a> helicopter for a Ukrainian drone during a large drone attack and opened fire. All three crew members on board, the pilot, the navigator and the onboard gunner, were reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<p>It is a serious claim, and it needs a serious caveat. No Russian authority has confirmed the cause, and the friendly-fire account comes from Telegram channels rather than from any official record. Here is what is reported, by whom, and what remains unknown.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Evening of 1 October 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Anninsky district, Voronezh region, Russia, about 80 km from Voronezh<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Aircraft lost:<\/strong> Mil Mi-8 helicopter, variant not identified<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Crew:<\/strong> Three, reported killed<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Reported cause:<\/strong> Shot down by a Russian Su-35 that mistook it for a Ukrainian drone<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Main sources:<\/strong> Telegram channels Dossier Shpiona and Exilenova Plus; Russian channel Fighterbomber reported the loss<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Official confirmation:<\/strong> None from Russian authorities<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Context:<\/strong> Regional governor reported 62 drones destroyed over the region that evening<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What the channels say<\/h2>\n<p>The loss itself was first reported by Fighterbomber, a Russian Telegram channel closely associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/russian-aerospace-forces\/\">Russian Aerospace Forces<\/a>, which did not spell out the cause. The friendly-fire version came from Dossier Shpiona, which said the Su-35 crew misidentified the helicopter as a hostile drone while repelling the attack, and from the Ukrainian channel Exilenova Plus.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Insider, a third channel, Oko Hora, said the Mi-8 had been sitting on a pad and lifted off after a drone alert, presumably to get out of harm's way, before coming under fire from the fighter.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;It's a classic problem that humanity will likely never overcome, despite AI, robots, neural networks, friend or foe systems...&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Fighterbomber<\/strong> &mdash; Russian military Telegram channel, as translated by The Insider<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>That comment does not confirm the cause. But it is hard to read it as anything other than a reference to misidentification.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/russian-air-force-su-35s-in-flight-jasdf.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Air Force Su-35S fighter in flight\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Russian Air Force Su-35S photographed by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in 2024. It is not the aircraft involved. Photo: Japan Ministry of Defense \/ CC BY 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why a fighter could mistake a helicopter for a drone<\/h2>\n<p>Russian fighters are now routinely tasked with hunting Ukrainian long-range drones at night, often flying low and slow over their own territory among air defence batteries that are firing at the same targets. In that environment, a radar contact moving at helicopter speed near the ground looks a lot like a drone.<\/p>\n<p>Identification friend or foe systems are meant to stop exactly this, but they only work if every aircraft is transmitting, every receiver is set up correctly and every crew trusts the answer. A helicopter scrambled at short notice during an alert is the kind of aircraft that can fall through the cracks.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Alexander Gusev said 62 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Voronezh region that evening, which gives a sense of how crowded the sky was.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Not the first time<\/h2>\n<p>If confirmed, it would not be Russia's first friendly-fire loss of the war. The Insider notes a similar Mi-8 loss in the Rostov region in March 2026, and Russian forces have shot down their own aircraft on several earlier occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The Mi-8 is the most widely built helicopter in history and the workhorse of Russian military aviation, used for transport, search and rescue and fire support. Losing one, and three trained aircrew, to a mistaken engagement would be a costly reminder that a modern air defence system can be as dangerous to its own side as to the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Until Moscow says otherwise, or wreckage photographs settle it, the cause remains a claim. The loss of the helicopter and its crew appears to be real.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVrmfPHwYQw\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p><em>Sources: The Insider, Kyiv Independent, United24 Media, Militarnyi, Ukrainska Pravda<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>Did a Russian Su-35 shoot down a Russian Mi-8?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Telegram channels report that on 1 October 2026 a Russian Su-35 shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over the Voronezh region after mistaking it for a Ukrainian drone. The loss was reported by the Russian channel Fighterbomber, but Russian authorities have not confirmed the cause and the friendly-fire claim has not been independently verified.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where did the Mi-8 crash?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Mi-8 came down in the Anninsky district of Russia's Voronezh region, roughly 80 km from the city of Voronezh, on the evening of 1 October 2026.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many people died in the Voronezh Mi-8 crash?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">All three crew members of the Mi-8 were reported killed: the pilot, the navigator and the onboard gunner. Their names have not been published.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why would a fighter mistake a helicopter for a drone?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">During a mass drone attack, Russian fighters hunt slow, low-flying drones at night. 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