The 2006 Russian military Mil Mi-8 crash was a helicopter crash near Vladikavkaz. The crash killed 12 Russian military men, mostly high-ranking officers, among them Lieutenant-General Pavel Yaroslavtsev, deputy chief for army logistics, Lieutenant-General Viktor Guliaev, deputy chief of army medical units, and Major-General Vladimir Sorokin.

2006 Vladikavkaz Mi-8 crash

A Russian Mil-Mi-8 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.
Occurrence
Date	11 September 2006 (2006-09-11)
Summary	Disputed (claimed shot down and suspected bad weather)
Site	Near Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Mil Mi-8
Operator	Russian Ground Forces
Registration	Unknown
Passengers	12
Crew	3
Fatalities	12
Injuries	3
Survivors	3

The Ossetian militant group Kataib al-Khoul claimed responsibility for shooting down the helicopter.^[1]