Ukraine said Thursday that a US-designed F-16 fighter jet, valuable military equipment recently delivered by the West, had crashed while repelling a Russian missile attack, killing its pilot.
“During the approach (to a target), communication with one of the aircraft was lost. It later turned out that the plane crashed and the pilot was killed,” the Ukrainian General Staff said on Telegram, without specifying the name of the soldier or the exact date of the loss of the aircraft.
An “insufficient” number
Ukraine received his first F-16 The Ukrainian president announced the delivery of the weapons, which will last two years, to the press. Without specifying the number of devices received, he stressed that their number was “insufficient”.
Since the beginning of The Russian invasion in February 2022kyiv demanded that the F-16s try to end Russian dominance in the air and protect its cities and troops. against Russian bombings.
Volodymyr Zelensky keeps these devices secret. Therefore, he did not reveal the number of devices received, nor the number of Ukrainian pilots trained in the West to operate and maintain these devices. The Ukrainian president has not indicated the delivery schedule or the country that will supply this first batch.
Source: BFM TV
