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# Nikolay Bugai
- URL: https://topcargo200.com/100/
- Published: 2022-02-25T00:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-07T18:50:05.000Z
- Author: Top
- Tags: Major, Cargo200, 4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army

Mi-35 Pilot - Major

**Unit:** 16th Army Aviation Brigade, [4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army](https://topcargo200.com/tag/4aadfa), [Southern Miliatry District](https://topcargo200.com/tag/s)

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Shot down on the first day of the war over the Kyiv reservoir, attempting to support the failed invasion of Hostomel Airport. He was pilot of the Mi-35 commanded by Major Roman Grovich \[[Cargo ID #323](https://topcargo200.com/323)\].

**Cargo ID:** #100

**Full Name:** Nikolay Vladimirovich Bugai

**Russian Name:** Бугай Николай Владимирович

**Date of Birth:** December 11, 1971 (age: 50 years)

**Place of Birth:** Bespalche, Cherkasy region, Ukraine

**Lives In:** Pugachev, Saratov Oblast, Russia

**Education:** Syzran Higher Military Aviation School

**Awards:** Being Investigated

**Previously Served:** Chechnya, Syria

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2022/07/FYglsoGXEAIhz0c-2.jpg)

Maj. Roman Grovich (left), Maj. Nikolay Bugai (center), Cpt. Aleksey Belkov (right)

### Aircraft

Mi-35M "29 Blue" RF-13024

s/n: 05-01, s/n: 34075817150

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/05/IMAGE-2023-05-25-00-08-34.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/05/IMAGE-2023-05-25-00-08-39.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2023/05/IMAGE-2023-05-25-00-08-45.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/85/d1/85d19b8e-1e66-4513-a026-dadc0cd8e9c5/content/images/2022/07/100.jpeg)