The Mirage 2000 fighter, handed over to Ukraine by France, crashed on Tuesday at the time of the task – announced president Volodymyr Zelenski on the night of Tuesday for Wednesday. He added that the plane was not knocked down by the Russians. It's the first device of its kind lost by Ukraine.
– Unfortunately, we lost a combat plane. French machine, very effective, 1 of ours Mirage fighters (...) The pilot managed to get out, and the plane was not shot down by the Russians,” said Zelenski in the video on his firm's website.
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They besides reported the crash Ukrainian armed forces. According to them, the pilot reported the device malfunction to the flight controller and then ejected. He was found in unchangeable condition, and there were no casualties on the ground.
A peculiar committee was set up to find the causes of the disaster.
War in Ukraine. Kiev lost a French fighter
Reuters said, quoting local media, that an accident occurred in Volyn circuit in the northwest of Ukraine.
AFP pointed out that Ukrainian pilots and mechanics had received maintenance training in the east of France Mirage fighters. The first batch of these machines was donated to Ukraine at the beginning of the year.
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