A Russian Air Force Su-25 was shot down on March 15 near Bakhmut by Ukrainian soldiers from the 93rd Mechanised Brigade and crashed in Zaitseve, Bakhmut Region, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The pilot, who was reportedly a Wagner PMC contractor, ejected safely. A Syrian Democratic Forces AS350 Ecureuil was written off on March 15 when it crashed in bad weather near the village of Berkian in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq while en route to al-Sulaymaniyah city. All nine on board were killed. They were all members of the Syrian Democratic Forces YAT Counter-Terrorism Units.
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