Ukrainian military confirms F-16 crash, death of pilot

Reuters

29 August 2024 at 1:04 pm

(Reuters) - The Ukrainian military said on Thursday that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while it was approaching a target during a Russian air strike on Monday.

"Four enemy missiles were shot down by airborne weapons," the Ukrainian General Staff said in a statement.

"Connection with one of the aircraft was lost while it was approaching the next target. As it turned out later, the plane crashed, the pilot died," the military said.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; writing by Maria Tsvetkova; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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