Maryana Bezuglaya, a Verkhovna Rada deputy from the pro-presidential Servant of the People party, said that an F-16 fighter jet being transported to Ukraine was shot down by a Patriot missile. Her words were reported by Ukrainian publication Strana.ua.
“As far as I know, the F-16 of Ukrainian pilot Alexey “Moonfish” Mes was shot down by the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system due to lack of coordination between units,” he wrote.
According to him, the incident occurred during one of the strongest Russian air strikes on August 26.
Bezuglaya added that such incidents were possible during the war, but the system of managing military decisions deteriorated due to the “culture of lies” in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He added that similar things happened in the Pokrovsky direction.
The MP also noted that no generals were punished as a result of the incident.
Before that, about the F-16 crash reported The Wall Street Journal reported that the cause of the plane crash was pilot error in conditions of “massive rocket fire.” Later information Approved In the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Previously Bezuglaya It has been saidThat the Rada refused to discuss the problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Pokrovsky.
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Source: Gazeta
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