Ukraine Report of loss of another F -16 fighter jet. world News

Ukraine’s Air Force said on Friday that it lost another US -made F -16 fighter jet, a significant shock as the aircraft had provided precious help to Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion.Kiev has not said how many war aircraft it has got, but it is the second confirmation of the least western-supply jets.The Air Force said it lost contact with F -16 in the early hours of Friday during a maneuver to retreat a Russian attack.“The pilot destroyed three aerial goals and was working on the fourth, using an aircraft gun” when “was born on an emergency board,” the Air Force said.The pilot safely evicted, the Air Force said, it was added to a commission for investigation.In August 2024, Kiev said an F -16 crashed, canceling an Russian missile attack, killing her pilot.In April 2025, Russia said it dropped the F -16. Ukraine did not confirm, but said Pilot Pavlo Ivanov was killed during a fighter mission.It is a blow to Ukraine, which has counted the F -16 to disrupt missiles and target Russian warfare aircraft. Russia has put pressure on its attacks, launched 112 drones overnight, out of which 73 were dropped and 36 were lost from radar without damaging.