Mysterious aircraft disappearance: FSB investigates Russia's aviation authority. FSB accuses potential saboteurs of stealing a total of 59 aircraft from state ownership between March 2022 and June 2023.
According to the FSB, eight of these went to “unfriendly states” It is also alleged that several machines that were illegally decommissioned and taken abroad are also being used in Ukraine. Mi-8 helicopters are in use in the Ukraine war on both the Russian and Ukrainian sides.