23 August - Some 40 minutes after takeoff from Engels Air Force Base in Saratov Oblast, an An-12 suffered a partial electrical failure followed by engine failure. While performing an emergency landing, it collided with a tree, causing it to crash and catch fire.[citation needed]
1994
18 January – After takeoff, an Antonov An-22 reported control problems. The aircraft rolled to the right and crashed near Antonovo, Tver Oblast. Three occupants were seriously injured while seven others were killed.[5]
13 July – A An-26 was stolen from Kubinka airbase, Moscow Oblast by an engineer planning to commit suicide. He circled Lyakhovo at 300–2000 feet until the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed, killing him.[6]
1994 – Four conscripts in the Pacific Fleet died of a stomach infection due to malnutrition.[8]
1995
22 September – A nuclear submarine had its electricity cut by an electricity company at a naval base due to unpaid bills. The submarine's cooling system ceased to function and the reactor "came close to meltdown".[1]
5 December – Russian Air Force Antonov An-124Ruslan, RA-82005, delivering two Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers to Vietnam, lost power in both port engines at 200 feet (60 m) on take-off from Irkutsk and crashed into a residential area, killing eight crew, 15 passengers, and 45 on the ground (some accounts list higher ground casualties). The cause was thought to be either contaminated or wrong grade fuel.[11]
1998
17 June – A Kamov Ka-50 Hokum crashed at the Army Aviation Combat Training Centre, Torzhok, Tver Oblast, killing Army Major-General Boris Vorobyov.[12]
1999
22 April – A Sukhoi Su-24 MR Fencer disappeared from radar while descending through cloud during a coastal surveillance flight along the Black Sea in Krasnodar Krai. Its wreckage was found ≈9 miles (15 km) from Novorossiysk and 25 miles (40 km) from Anapa. Both crew did not eject and were killed.[citation needed]
12 August – In the Kursk submarine disaster a series of explosions aboard the nuclear-powered submarine K-141 Kursk sinks the submarine killing all 118 people on board.
27 January – An Antonov An-70 prototype crashed close to Omsk Tsentralny Airport during testing of the aircraft. All 33 passengers and crew on board the aircraft survived.[16]
21 February – A Russian Navy Antonov An-26, crashed 1.5 km short of the runway at Lakhta Airfield, near Archangelsk, during an emergency landing. Of the 20 people on board, 17 were killed.[19]
18 September – A TU-160 strategic bomber crashed in Engels-2 base near Sovetskoye, Saratov oblast. All four crew members were killed.[21]
2005
5 August – AS-28, under the command of Lieutenant Vyacheslav Milashevskiy, became entangled with the aerial of a hydrophone array off the coast of Kamchatka, in Berezovaya Bay, 70 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. The aerial, anchored by 60-tonne concrete blocks, snared the propeller of the submarine, and the submarine then sank to the seafloor at a depth of 190 m (600 ft). This was too deep for the ship's complement of seven to leave the submarine and swim to the surface. On August 7, all seven sailors were rescued with the help of the United States Navy and the Royal Navy[22]
20 March - A Su-25 exploded in mid-air during a live firing exercise over Primorsky Krai, 143 km from Vladivostok, killing the pilot. Further investigations revealed that the aircraft was downed by a missile accidentally launched by a wingman.[citation needed]
15 July – Seven soldiers died and six were injured in Chechnya after a tank shell they were loading exploded unexpectedly.[27]
8 November – The Akula II-class submarine K-152 Nerpa's freon fire extinguishing system was accidentally activated, killing 20 and injuring at least 22 people. The incident occurred while the submarine was conducting sea trials off the Russian Pacific coast.[28]
5 December – A MiG-29 lost part of its tail section due to corrosion and crashed in southern Siberia. The whole fleet was grounded for inspection and 90 planes were found to be in a dangerous condition.[29]
15 January – Two Ilyushin Il-76MDs collided in Dagestan after one of them tried to make a landing with low visibility. Eleven were killed and one aircraft was damaged beyond repair while the other suffered substantial damage.[30][31]
11 February - An Antonov An-2 aircraft suffered a loss in engine power while climbing through an altitude of about 50–70 metres. The pilot had to carry out a forced landing in a wooded area because he could not reach the airport at Pskov. All three crew members and ten paratroopers on board survived.[32]
16 February – The Admiral Kuznetsov, along with other Russian naval vessels, was involved in a large oil spill while refueling off the south coast of Ireland.[33]
26 April – The fourth Su-35BM prototype was destroyed in a high-speed taxi run due to brake failure. The aircraft crashed into the barrier at the end of the runway at Dzyomgi Airport, Khabarovsk Krai and was destroyed. The pilot ejected and sustained burns.[35]
4 May – A Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter landing on the frigate Yaroslav Mudry, crashed on the deck and then rolled over the side into the Baltic Sea. The five helicopter crew were successfully rescued.[36]
17 June – A Sukhoi Su-24MR Fencer crashed on landing at the Monchegorsk Air Base, Murmansk Oblast. The aircraft from the 98th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment suffered a heavy landing forcing the two crew to eject safely[37]
16 August – Two Russian Knights air display Sukhoi Su-27 jets collided during training near Zhukovsky Airfield, outside of Moscow, killing one pilot, Igor Tkachenko, and injuring five civilians on the ground.[38]
October – Another blaze occurred during the decommissioning of the nuclear submarine, Kazan at Severodvinsk.[34]
6 November – A Russian Naval Aviation Tupolev Tu-142 M3 from the 310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment based at Kamenny Ruchey Airbase, Khabarovsk Krai crashed on a routine training exercise into the Tatar Strait near Sakhalin island 15–20 km from the coast off Cape Datta north of Sovetskaya Gavan with the loss of all 11 crew.[40]
14 November – Explosion on the outskirts of Ulyanovsk at Arsenal 31, a navy depot. Two firemen died during the decommissioning of munitions.[41]
23 November – Second explosion at Arsenal 31. Eight soldiers died as they removed munitions.[42]
February – A blaze broke out on the decommissioned nuclear submarine K-480 Ak Bars, at Severodvinsk. Casualties unknown.[34]
2011
26 May – Explosion in an arms depot in the village of Urman in Bashkortostan. 12 people were injured and 40 buildings damaged. Over 2,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. The cause was blamed by an official on the "combustion of gunpowder traces".[44]
2 June – Explosion in an arms depot near Izhevsk, Udmurtia. 20,000 inhabitants of the surrounding area had to be evacuated. 95 people were injured in the blast,[citation needed] and two elderly people nearby died of heart attacks possibly caused by the sound of the blast. Windows were shattered up to 10 km away. A discarded cigarette was initially blamed for the blast.[45]
6 September – A MiG-31 on a training mission crashed in Perm Krai, killing the two pilots.[46]
29 December – The Delta-IV-class nuclear submarine, Ekaterinburg, caught fire while in dry-dock in the Roslyakovo shipyard, north of Murmansk. The blaze broke out on scaffolding that had been erected around it. The rubber outer hull was badly burnt and nine people were injured fighting the fire. No radiation leak was detected.[34]
23 May – A Russian An-30 military aircraft crashed while landing in Čáslav, Czech Republic. 23 were on board at the time, six of whom suffered burns, with one being left in a critical condition. The plane's front landing gear collapsed as it touched down, causing it to leave the runway and break in two, catching fire. The passengers were made up of 14 Russians and nine Czechs, all on an Open Sky treaty mission, for conducting surveillance flights over the territory of participant nations (NATO members, Russia and other countries).[48]
26 September – Explosion at an arms depot 180 km northwest of Orenburg killed one officer.[citation needed]
30 October - A Su-24M crashed in Chelyabinsk Oblast. During the flight the nose cone fractured. After attempting an emergency landing, the crew of two flew to open territory and safely ejected.[51][52]
October – 4,000 tons of munitions at an arms depot in Orenburg Oblast exploded after a soldier failed to extinguish his cigarette. One officer was injured and inhabitants of the surrounding area were evacuated.[citation needed]
18–19 June – Explosion at the Chapaevsk arms depot in Samara Oblast. 6,000 inhabitants of the surrounding area had to be evacuated. 30 people were injured in the blast caused by the "involuntary" explosion of shells.[55][56]
16 September – 15 sailors were injured after a fire broke out on the nuclear submarine K-150 Tomsk at a shipyard near Vladivostok. Officials claimed the nuclear reactor was "deactivated" prior to the fire.[57]
22 October – Explosion at a firing range near Strugi Krasnye, Pskov Oblast, killed six soldiers[59] – five cadets from the Ryazan Higher Airforce Institute, and one sergeant from Pskov. Two others were injured. It is thought that one of them stepped on unexploded ordnance.
29 October – A Ka-52 helicopter crashed south-east of Moscow. Both pilots ejected safely.[60]
2014
11 February – A Su-24 bomber crashed in Volgograd Oblast just after take-off. Both pilots died. Pilot or mechanical error were suspected.[61]
14 July – A Sukhoi Su-57 prototype aircraft suffered an in-flight emergency and was severely damaged by an engine fire after landing at Zhukovsky airbase outside Moscow. The pilot managed to escape unharmed.[62]
2015
7 April – Orel, an Oscar II-class submarine, caught fire during repairs in a dry dock in the Severodvinsk shipyard. No casualties have been reported and the nuclear reactor had been turned off before the fire started.[63]
4 June – A MiG-29 fighter crashed and was completely destroyed in Astrakhan Oblast. Both pilots parachuted to safety.[64]
4 June – An unarmed Su-34 bomber in Voronezh Oblast overshot the runway after its parachute failed to open on landing. It overturned, severely damaging the aircraft.[64]
3 July - A MiG-29 Fulcrum multirole jet fighter crashed in Krasnodar Krai. The pilot managed to catapult before the crash and was found later by a search team. Technical failure and pilot error were considered as possible reasons of the crash.[citation needed]
5 July – A MiG-29 crashed in Krasnodar Krai reportedly due to a fire on board. The pilot ejected and survived.[67]
13 July – A recently renovated barracks collapsed at a training facility for paratroopers in Svetlyy, near Omsk.[68] 23 soldiers died and 22 sustained injuries.[69]
29 April – The decommissioned Soviet-era nuclear submarine K-173 Krasnoyarsk caught fire while being disassembled in Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka. The Defence Ministry reported that its rubber-coated outer hull caught fire.[71]
19 May – Six soldiers died and 16 were injured after their bus suffered a probable brake failure and left a mountain road in South Ossetia.[72]
9 June – A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet crashed 30 km from Moscow, killing the pilot.[73]
1 July - An Ilyushin Il-76 firefighting aircraft was destroyed after impacting wooded terrain 9 km east-southeast from the settlement of Rybnyi Uyan in Irkutsk Oblast. Eight crewmembers and two passengers were killed.[74]
14 August - A Beriev Be-200ES amphibious jet aircraft sustained damage after hitting treetops while fighting a forest fire near São Pedro do Sul, Portugal. The aircraft sustained damage to the leading edges of both wings, with the right hand wing flaps sustaining dents and cuts and the right hand wing float suffering a large hole. No fatalities were recorded.[75]
14 November – A MiG-29K crashed in the Mediterranean while attempting to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov.[76]
3 December - A Su-33 based on the Admiral Kuznetsov crashed while making a second landing attempt after a combat sortie over Syria. The pilot survived without injuries and was immediately recovered by search and rescue teams. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the aircraft was lost after an arresting cable ruptured.[77]
19 December – An Il-18 transport aircraft belonging to the Russian Defence Ministry crashed in high winds near Tiksi in the Sakha Republic. All on board survived. 38 were taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition.[78]
27 April – Russian spy ship Liman sank off the Turkish coast, 29 km from Kilyos, after colliding with a freighter in fog. All 78 crew members were rescued.[80]
30 May – An Antonov AN-26 transport crashed at the end of a training flight at the Balashov airbase in Saratov Oblast and caught fire. One crew member died and four were injured. Engine failure was suspected.[81]
10 August – An S-200 Angara anti-aircraft missile exploded at a recycling centre in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, having been stolen from a military base and sold for scrap. Two were killed and one person was injured as it was being dismantled. A second missile was also discovered awaiting recycling.[82]
28 September – A Tu-22M3 "Backfire" bomber was badly damaged after aborting takeoff following a speed sensor failure while participating in the Zapad ("West") military exercises. It ran off the runway, losing a wing, in Shaykovka, Kaluga Oblast. No injuries were reported among the four-man crew.[84]
10 October – A Sukhoi Su-24M crashed during takeoff at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria supposedly due to a technical malfunction. Both crew members failed to eject and died.[85]
2018
6 March – An An-26 transport aircraft crashed while landing at Khmeimim airbase in Syria. All 39 military personnel on board died. Initial information suggested a technical problem caused the crash.[86]
17 September – An Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by friendly Syrian forces about 22 miles from the Syrian coast as it returned to Khmeimim airbase, killing 15 personnel on board.[87]
30 October – The Admiral Kuznetsov was damaged while undergoing a refit: the dry dock sank, sending a 70-tonne crane crashing onto the ship and causing a 5-meter gash. One shipworker went missing and four required medical care after falling into the sea near Murmansk.[88]
2019
22 January – A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed as it was approaching to land at Olenya air base, Murmansk Oblast. Russia's Defense Ministry reported that three crewmembers died and one pilot was injured.[89]
1 July – A navy research submersible, thought to be AS-12 Losharik, suffered a fire and 14 crew members died due to fume inhalation. The vessel had been conducting research in Russia's Arctic territorial waters, according to the Defence Ministry, though Russian media reports said it was a nuclear mini-submarine deployed in special operations.[90]
5 August – A military depot exploded near Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai[91] killing one and injuring at least eight others,[92] and prompting the evacuation of thousands. Russia's Defense Ministry said a fire triggered the explosions at a storage facility for gunpowder charges. Authorities declared a state of emergency in the region. Air traffic was suspended within 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the munitions site.
8 August – Five military and civilian specialists were killed and three were injured[93] in an explosion at a naval test facility in Arkhangelsk Oblast while testing a liquid jet engine, said to be for the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile. Earlier the same day there were reports of a fire and explosions at a military facility near Nyonoksa in the same region. The facility has a navy missile test range used to test intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and anti-aircraft missiles.[94] The administration in nearby Severodvinsk reported elevated radiation levels for 40 minutes leading to a rush on medical iodine.[92] However, Russia's defence ministry insisted no harmful chemicals had been released.
9 August – Shells again exploded at the Achinsk military depot that saw explosions four days prior. Nine were injured. This time the explosions were blamed on a lightning strike.[92]
11 December – An Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed in Krasnodar Krai killing two crew members.[95]
12 December – The Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire during repair work at Murmansk. Six were injured and one person was reported missing.[96]
24 December – A Sukhoi Su-57, the first serial aircraft, crashed near Dzyomgi Airport, Khabarovsk Krai, during the final stage of its factory trials due to malfunction of the control system. The pilot ejected and was recovered by helicopter.[99]
19 May – An Mil Mi-8 helicopter crash-landed in an uninhabited area near Klin, Moscow Oblast, killing all three crew members. The incident was believed to have been caused by a technical malfunction.[103][104]
26 May - A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Ugolny Airport near Anadyr, killing its four occupants.[105]
22 September – A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet was probably accidentally shot down by a Su-35 fighter jet during exercises near a village in Tver Oblast. The two pilots ejected before the aircraft crashed and were reported to be in a "stable condition".[106]
7 October – A depot with 75,000 tonnes of munitions caught fire in Ryazan Oblast, injuring five people and prompting the evacuation of 2,000 people from nearby villages after a wildfire set off explosions. More than 400 firefighters battled the blaze.[107]
2021
23 March – Three crewmembers died after a Tu-22M strategic bomber's ejection system suddenly went off at an airfield near Kaluga. Due to the insufficient altitude for parachute opening, the victims received fatal injuries upon landing.[108]
19 June – A L-410 aircraft belonging to DOSAAF that took off from Tanai airfield crashed into a forest in Kemerovo Oblast. Seven people died and another 17 were injured [109]
31 July – An SU-35 crashed due to an engine failure in Khabarovsk Krai. The pilot ejected safely.[111]
14 August – A Beriev Be-200 crashed near Kahramanmaraş, Turkey while on a firefighting mission. The five Russian military crew members and three Turkish forest inspectors were killed.[112]
17 August – The only flying prototype Il-112V suffered a fire in the right engine and crashed near Kubinka Air base. All three crew on board were killed, including test-pilot Nikolai Kuimov, who was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.[113]
25 January - While undergoing welding work in a Saint Petersburg shipyard the Kashtan-class salvage ship SS-750 developed smoke in its battery charging room. Firefighters of the shipyard responded and the potential fire was extinguished with no material damages.[118]
28 January - A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Dubki, in Ulyanovsk Oblast. One crew member died and the other two were injured.[119]
14 April – The cruiser Moskvasank in the Black Sea during hostilities with Ukraine following a fire, as claimed by Russian authorities.[124]Ukraine claimed it sank the ship with a missile. Officially Russia admitted one sailor died, but independent reports suggested 40 may have perished.
22 April – Seven people died after a fire at a key aerospace defence research institute in Tver. Authorities said 25 people were also injured and 10 people were missing.[125]
22 June – Four people died in an explosion at an ammunition depot in Vladimir Oblast after an object “spontaneously detonated during a loading and unloading operation”. Three of the victims were soldiers and one was a civilian specialist.[126]
24 June – Five people died and four people were wounded after a Il-76 hit power lines and crashed near Ryazan.[127]
1 October – A MIG-31BM interceptor aircraft crashed during takeoff from Belbek Air Base in Crimea. While the navigator/weapons system officer ejected successfully, the pilot died and the aircraft burned out.[128]
17 October – 15 people died in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai after a Su-34 fighter jet crashed into an apartment building. It was on a training flight when an engine reportedly caught fire. The two crew members bailed out safely. 28 residents were injured.[129][130]
23 October – Two pilots were killed after a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet crashed into a house in Irkutsk during a test flight. No casualties were reported on the ground.[131]
28 October – Svetlana Babayeva, the bureau chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group in Simferopol, Russian-occupied Crimea, was killed by a stray bullet while covering shooting practice at a military training ground in Crimea.[132]
2 December – A MIG-31 interceptor aircraft crashed in Primorsky Krai during a training flight, the crew ejected safely [133]
22 December – The Admiral Kuznetsov caught fire again while on repair work in Murmansk. The fire was extinguished rapidly and no casualties were reported[134]
2023
1 January - A Mil Mi-8 belonging to the Special Flight Detachment ‘Rossiya’ crashed in Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport. According to reports, the helicopter's tail rotor blades appeared to have been sheared off. No casualties were reported.[135][136]
23 February - An Su-25 crashed in Belgorod Oblast following a "technical malfunction", killing its pilot.[137]
20 April – A Su-34accidentally discharged its ordnance over Belgorod, injuring two civilians, damaging buildings and vehicles, and leaving a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide in the city centre.[139]
26 April – A MIG-31 crashed in Murmansk Oblast after catching fire. The pilots ejected safely and did not require hospitalization.[140]
12 May – An Mi-28 crashed in the Dzhankoi district of Russian-occupied Crimea during a training flight, killing both pilots. The Russian Defence Ministry suspected equipment failure for the cause.[141]
13 May – Two Mi-8s, an Su-34 and an Su-35, crashed in Bryansk Oblast, on their way to a bombing run in Ukraine with no survivors among the nine personnel on board.[142] The Russian government attributed the loss of one helicopter near Klintsy to engine fire while refusing to explain the other crashes. Other sources attributed Ukrainian forces for shooting down the aircraft.[143]
4 July - A MIG-31 crashed into Avacha Bay on the southeastern coast of Kamchatka during a training mission.[144]
17 July - An Su-25 crashed into the Sea of Azov off the coast of Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, after suffering "engine failure" shortly after taking off for a training flight, killing its pilot.[145]
12 August - An Su-30 crashed in a deserted area of Kaliningrad Oblast during a training mission, killing the two pilots on board. Authorities blamed the likely cause on a technical malfunction.[146]
14 August - An Aero L-39 Albatros crashed while landing on an airfield in Krasnodar Krai during a training mission, killing the pilot.[147]
29 August - An Mi-8 belonging to the FSB crashed due to a suspected technical malfunction in a forest near Prudny, Chelyabinsk Oblast, killing all three people on board.[148]
12 September - An Su-24 crashed in a deserted area of Volgograd Oblast while flying on a training mission, the pilots survived according to Russian state news agencies.[149][150]
20 September - An Su-34 crashed in Voronezh Oblast while flying on a training mission, the two pilots survived.[151]
20 October - A Russian Air ForceIl-76 transport aircraft suffered a runway excursion during takeoff from Hisar Air Base near Dushanbe, Tajikistan. A fire erupted after the aircraft veered off the runway, destroyed it. No injuries were reported.[152]
30 November - 12 soldiers were killed and eight others were injured by an accidental explosion possibly caused by a misfire of a RPG-7 grenade launcher at the Kuzmin military training ground in Rostov Oblast just after their lunch break.[153]
7 December - A member of Rosgvardia was killed while two others were injured after an explosive device “self-detonated” during shooting drills at the Dubrovichi aviation training ground in Ryazan Oblast.[154]
2 January - A Russian Air Force aircraft accidentally released its explosive ordnance on the village of Petropavlovka, Voronezh Oblast, injuring four people and damaging six buildings.[155][156]
8 January - A Russian Air Force aircraft accidentally released an FAB-250 warhead over Rubizhne, Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. No casualties or damage were reported, and the warhead failed to detonate.[157]
12 March - A Russian Air Force IL-76 transport aircraft carrying 15 people on board caught fire and crashed during takeoff in Ivanovo Oblast.[158]
19 March - A civilian fishing trawler was accidentally struck by a missile during exercises by the Baltic Fleet off the coast of Kaliningrad Oblast, killing three people and injuring four others. Russian authorities blamed the incident on a fire and said that only one person was killed.[159]
28 March - An Su-35 crashed into the Black Sea off the coast of Sevastopol. The pilot ejected and was rescued.[160]
10 April - An Mi-24 helicopter crashed due to possible equipment failure off the Crimean coast.[161]
27 July - A Su-34 crashed in Volgograd Oblast. The two pilots ejected safely from the aircraft.[165]
15 August - A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in Irkutsk Oblast. The four crew ejected from the aircraft. One crew member died and the other three were injured.[166]
