Defense Politics Asia – > 99
orig date 2023-08-31 09:49:31
13:00 31-08-2023 
"2 Mil Mi-8 Transport/Attack Helicopters with the 18th Army Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces are reported to have Crashed earlier today along the Frontline near Bakhmut while conducting a Combat Mission, resulting in the complete Destruction of the Helicopters and Death of all 6 Pilots.
A Criminal Investigation has been launched by the Ukrainian Security Service regarding the cause of the Crash."
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1697056637809250388?s=20
"According to the speaker of the eastern grouping of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ilya Levas, 2 Mi-8 helicopters, which were lost on August 29 in the Bakhmut direction, tried to land on the ground to avoid being hit by an aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, but it turned out that both helicopters crashed (possibly crashed into each other) and as a result, the crew of both helicopters died."