It was lost during a Russian missile attack, even if it was shot down by Russians, it would be way too embarrassing for the US/Ukrainians/NATO to admit. They were just delivered and already lost 1. Ukraine’s Air Force Chief was fired right after this event lmao
Do we know it wasn’t a mechanical or pilot error? Ukraine literally just started using F-16s, and only had a few months to train pilots.
Edit: It helps if you read the article.
Lmao he drove it into the ground.
There is a third option you forgot.
One of Ukraine’s officials claimed that a Patriot missile took it out.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-f16-crash-2755b4fd1a5dcf1e95ae975d44427b9b
It was lost during a Russian missile attack, even if it was shot down by Russians, it would be way too embarrassing for the US/Ukrainians/NATO to admit. They were just delivered and already lost 1. Ukraine’s Air Force Chief was fired right after this event lmao