A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a newly arrived F-16 crashed during a Russian missile attack on Ukraine. And NBC News spoke with a Ukrainian commander inside a Russian area now controlled by Ukraine. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.
One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died. The fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage at Ukraine, a military statement posted on Facebook said. Four of those Russian missiles were shot down by F-16s, the statement said.
officials told The Associated Press at the end of last month that the first of a batch of F-16s promised by European countries had arrived in Ukraine. Military analysts have said their arrival won’t be a game-changer in the war, given Russia’s massive air force and sophisticated air defense systems. But Ukrainian officials welcomed them as offering an opportunity to hit back at Russia’s air superiority.
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