In response to official data, each pilots had been killed within the crash of a Ukrainian Su-24 fighter jet. The Ukrainian Air Drive mentioned the crash occurred within the night within the Khmelnytskyi area within the west of the nation. “The causes and circumstances of the catastrophe are being examined,” the navy mentioned in an announcement.

Ukraine has been defending itself in opposition to the Russian invasion of the nation for greater than 4 years. The Russian navy has a powerful preponderance of plane, which it has repeatedly used prior to now for air strikes on its neighbors. The lack of each single fighter jet is subsequently grave for Kyiv.

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