Yevhen Rakita, spokesman of the 18th separate army aviation brigade named after Igor Sikorsky of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU), said that six pilots were killed yesterday while performing a combat mission in the direction of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). Reported by “Strana.UA”.
According to him, all those who died had the rank of officer, one was from the Poltava region, the rest were from other regions of Ukraine.
Rakita added that the names of the pilots and the circumstances of their death were not disclosed for security reasons.
Before that, it was known that the US President Joe Biden. don’t rush Russia is sending F-16 warplanes to Ukraine for fear of retaliation from its leader, Vladimir Putin.
On August 25, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder made it clear that Ukraine cannot accept F-16 fighter jets in the near future. As the official said, it’s a matter of “months, not weeks” to make an appropriate decision.
February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationIn response to the request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR, he decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass.
The decision to carry out the operation became the reason for the new sanctions of the USA and its allies against Russia.
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