A Ukrainian F-16 jet was destroyed in a crash following the American-made fighter’s first successful mission against Russia on Monday, according to a US official.
The jet, the first of which arrived in Kyiv earlier this month, is not believed to have been shot down by enemy fire but rather crashed as a likely result of pilot error, the official told the Wall Street Journal.
The crash occurred during a missile barrage that Russia launched across Ukraine on Monday.
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