One of Ukraine's recently delivered F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a Russian airstrike, killing the pilot on board, the Ukrainian army said.
Ukraine said Thursday that one of its F-16 fighter jets made by the United States crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot onboard. A U.S. official confirmed to CBS News the F-16 crashed on Monday.The announcement marks the first reported destruction of an F-16 in Ukraine, just weeks after Kyiv began taking delivery of the supersonic aircraft. Initial reports are the plane wasn't shot down by the Russians, CBS News has learned.
'On 26 August, while repelling a Russian massive combined missile and air strike, Oleksiy destroyed three cruise missiles and one attack drone,' Ukraine's Western air command unit said.'Oleksiy saved Ukrainians from deadly Russian missiles. Unfortunately, at the cost of his own life,' it said.
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