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The Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) admitted losing another American-made F-16 fighter jet on June 29, claiming that it crashed while repelling a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack overnight.
After shooting down seven air targets, the fighter jet was damaged and lost altitude overnight, the UAF said in a statement published on Telegram.
“This night, while repelling a massive enemy air attack, a pilot of the 1st class, Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustimenko, born in 1993, died on an F-16,” the statement reads.
It is unclear how many F-16s Ukraine has so far received out of the 85 pledged by Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands, but the number is thought to be over ten. All the fighter jets are from the older Block 15 model, although they received the Mid-Life Update.
This was the fourth confirmed F-16 loss of Ukraine. The UAF previously admitted losing three of its F-16s, with the first loss being reported last August, and the later two in April then in May.
Russian S-400 long-range air defense systems and R-37M long-range air-to-air missiles, typically launched from Su-35, Su-57 and MiG-31 fighter jets, were blamed for all previous losses. Both systems can engage targets like an F-16 from a range close to 400 kilometers.
While the UAF blames all the F-16 losses on incidents, there is a clear pattern suggesting that these fighter jets got purposefully targeted when they were scrambled to repel Russian missile and drone attacks.
The F-16 was touted by the mainstream media in the West as a game changer, and even a “Wunderwaffe”. However, these fighter jets have so far done nothing of value for the UAF. To this day, Ukraine continues to rely more on its aging Soviet-made fighter jets.
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another ukro bites the dust.
il senatore graham americano è la vergogna del popolo americano, gli americani meritano persone intelligenti e sagge al congresso degli stati uniti. l’fbi lo deve arrestare e metterlo in manicomio.
congress is already a manicomio. they should just lock the doors and board up the windows once everyone is inside.
the f16s “gamechangers” went out with a whimper
like churchill said about the allied invasion of italy, he said i thought we were throwing a wild cat onto the beach not a kitten.
typical rubbish from the debauched windbag.
those flying washing machines are incredibly efficient at removing the most stubborn stains from ukraine’s afu.
another one bites the dust😬
that is nothing only one ukranian aircraft. just this week russia has lost 4 su35 aircraft and 3 helicopters and a strategic fuel storage depot and a military training base and s400. also in sumi russian soldiers were surrounded, driven back and captured or killed. so it seems nato support for ukraine is paying off and ukraine is certainly becoming a stronger military than russia. btw no-one knows yet what russia exactly wants but they certainly are not winning hearts and minds in ukraine.
you’re reading some str8 up b/s from some ukrainian website.
its not neccesary a ukrainian website i see these “news” on some western sites especially msn. they seem as exagerated as both sides stories about the comming immediate collapse of the other sides forces or economy.
the ukrainian economy has been devastated. there is no way for a state that was in the condition of the ukraine in 2013 to have improved while losing a quarter of the land and population and having infrastructure relentlessly bombarded. whatever life support means are being used in the failed ukrainian cia project, it is not in a position similar to that of russia.
you must to visit a mental health doctor
according to a recent poll most ukrainians, over 70% want to stop the war on current lines. this does not sound like a place that has high confidence in becoming a strnger power than russia. you sound like braindead nafo chump
according to a recent pole, “ukraine is flucked and plucked and we want to close the borders.”
russia has won all the hearts and minds in ukraine it needs to. the rest, why should it give a flying falafel? they didn’t when they were bombing donbass for 8 years.
did you hear at a training 13 experienced ukrainian pilots were wiped out, that is really a huge loss. keep posting your messages very funny 🤡🤡🤡
hehehe… ukronato pigs getting strong rectum fucking by superior russian penus again.
the only wunderwaffle in the ukraine conflict is when one wunders why putin waffles so much in wrapping up all of ukraine east of the dnieper.
right. it’s not like there’s opposition to the russians from the us empire.
better to kill an ugly f-16 than a beautiful mirage -2000