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Ukraine loses its first F-16, it happened on the day of massive missile attack by russia - WSJ

Ukraine loses its first F-16, it happened on the day of massive missile attack by russia - WSJ

Ukraine lost one of the F-16 multi-purpose fighters, the first batch of which was officially announced on August 4, 2024.

This was reported by the American publication The Wall Street Journal with reference to its own sources.

An unnamed American official told the newspaper on condition of anonymity that the plane was not lost as a result of hostilities.

This happened last Monday, August 26, when the aggressor country of russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine.

According to the official, the crash of the F-16 fighter was most likely due to pilot error.

The publication's interlocutor did not specify what happened to the fighter pilot. The condition of the plane is also unknown.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet commented on this information.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 4, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the arrival of the first F-16s in Ukraine. He also published a video of the flight of two fighter jets with Ukrainian markings.

We will remind, The Economist reported with reference to its own sources that 10 F-16 fighter jets arrived in Ukraine in the first batch.

And the British newspaper The Telegraph wrote on July 31 that the Ukrainian military has already used the received F-16s to perform combat missions.