Ukrainian F-16 jet shot down, says Russian Defence Ministry

One day after Ukraine reports fighter jet pilot’s death, Russia says it shot down F-16

The Russian Defense Ministry reported in its daily briefing on Sunday that Russian forces had shot down a Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet.

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Ukrainian F-16 jet shot down, says Russian Defence Ministry

Moscow: The Russian Defence Ministry on Sunday announced that its forces have shot down a US-designed F-16 fighter jet operated by Ukraine, but did not specify the location. This is the first time that the Russian military has announced it had destroyed an F-16 since some European countries began deliveries of the fourth-generation fighter aircraft to Ukraine in summer last year. “An F-16 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by air …

The Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet, in which 26-year-old pilot Pavlo Ivanov died during a combat mission on Saturday, was shot down by the Russian military. The BBC Ukrainian editorial office wrote about this on Saturday, citing its sources. The Russian state agency TASS also came up with the same information on Sunday.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian F-16 fighter, according to the daily report on...

A Ukrainian F-16 has been shot down in combat. It is the second of the US-made fighter jets to be lost since they began being used by Ukraine.