Ukrainian army’s most experienced pilot, Ukrainian Armed Forces Major General Stanislav Pavlovich, died in Ukraine. The “Western” Air Command (AFU) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook (its owner, Meta, is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
The 65-year-old soldier was a sniper pilot, started his career as an ordinary pilot and became the commander of a bomber aviation regiment. He is known to have flown the Su-24 front-line bomber in recent years. The circumstances of Pavlovich’s death were not specified.
Russian Ministry of Defense speaks every day Ukrainian Armed Forces losses in different parts of the war zone. For example, the day before, it was reported that the Ukrainian army lost about 320 military personnel in the Donetsk direction.
In total, according to December data, since the start of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine loss 159 thousand military personnel. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 121 enemy aircraft and 766 tanks, including 37 Leopard tanks.
Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu added that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine exceeded 383 thousand military personnel.
Previously in Ukraine dead MiG-29 pilot with callsign “Blue Helmet”.