Direct proof of use
The Mi-2 appears in the Russia-Ukraine War record as a Ukrainian light helicopter rather than as a major strike platform. Oryx lists six Ukrainian Mi-2 training helicopters among visually documented aircraft losses in the full-scale invasion: three destroyed examples and three captured examples.
Transfer reporting adds post-invasion fielding evidence. Defense Express reported that Slovakia donated one Mi-2 and four Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine in June 2022 and said the Slovak-supplied helicopters were already being used by Ukraine's armed forces. Latvian Public Media, citing the Latvian Ministry of Defense, reported on August 15, 2022, that the Ukrainian Air Force had received four Latvian-donated helicopters, including two Mi-2s.
Sources: Oryx Aircraft Losses, Defense Express Slovakia Mi-2 Transfer, LSM Latvia Helicopter Donation
Timeline
Public documentation places Mi-2s in Ukrainian service and supply channels during the full-scale phase of the war. Oryx's loss list records Ukrainian Mi-2s as destroyed and captured aircraft in the invasion period, while the donor reporting identifies two separate 2022 transfers from Slovakia and Latvia.
The Slovak transfer was announced after the June 15, 2022 Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels. Latvia's August 2022 delivery added two Mi-2s and two Mi-17s to the Ukrainian Air Force pipeline, with the Mi-2s delivered in partially disassembled form and intended for use after assembly.
Sources: Oryx Aircraft Losses, Defense Express Slovakia Mi-2 Transfer, LSM Latvia Helicopter Donation
Operational role
The conflict-specific sources support training, utility, transport, and aviation-fleet support context more clearly than combat employment. Oryx identifies the lost Ukrainian aircraft as Mi-2 training helicopters. Latvian reporting described the donated Mi-2s as older Soviet-type helicopters familiar to Ukrainian pilots and grouped them with Mi-17s as aircraft that would help conduct military operations and save lives.
The record therefore supports Ukrainian fielding, wartime transfer, and loss or capture of Mi-2 helicopters in the conflict. It does not by itself establish specific Mi-2 strike sorties, weapons employment, or a named battlefield incident involving Mi-2 fire support.
Sources: Oryx Aircraft Losses, LSM Latvia Helicopter Donation, Czech MoD Mi-2 Background
