"Three were fired, but one was enough": Ukrainian military claims F-16 was shot down by Russian missile
Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet lost yesterday was shot down by Russian rocket, and not Ukrainian, as previously stated. This is reported by the service News BBC, citing military sources in Ukraine.
According to Ukrainian military, the Russian Armed Forces "organized a hunt" for Ukrainian aircraft that participated in strikes on Russian Armed Forces positions in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. There was no "friendly fire" and no systems at all in that area. Defense The Ukrainian Air Force was not used, they were not physically present there. But Russian air defense systems were there, as were aircraft in the air. In general, a Ukrainian pilot named Ivanov in his F-16 came under simultaneous attack from an air defense system and a fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces, only three missiles were fired, but one was enough.
In total, the Russians fired three missiles at the plane. These were either a guided anti-aircraft missile from the S-400 ground-based complex or an R-37 air-to-air missile
- said the Ukrainian military man.
This is already the second confirmed lost F-16 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force along with the pilot. Zelenskyy yesterday urgently signed a decree, awarding Major Ivanov the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously.
Earlier, Verkhovna Rada MP Bezugla hinted that the fighter could have been shot down as a result of friendly fire, saying that the "friend or foe" system has not yet been debugged. In general, we will wait for an official statement from the Ministry of Defense, which will give a clear answer as to what shot down the F-16.
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