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F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko killed while repelling air attack

Illustrative photo / Photo from open sources
Illustrative photo / Photo from open sources

On the night of 29 June 2025, Russian occupiers once again launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine, using various types of missiles and strike UAVs.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, the enemy used more than 500 air targets in total.

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All available defence forces capable of countering enemy air attacks were involved in repelling the massive attack. Once again, the Air Force’s aircraft, in particular the F-16s, whose pilots destroyed dozens of ‘suicide drones’, performed effectively. The work of Ukrainian fighter jets is extremely dangerous and risky, both when striking enemy ground targets and when repelling air attacks. But despite everything, our pilots heroically carry out combat missions, achieving maximum results.

“Unfortunately, we have suffered another painful loss. Last night, while repelling a massive enemy air attack, First Class Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko, born in 1993, was killed in an F-16 aircraft. The pilot used the entire range of onboard weapons and shot down seven air targets. While working on the last one, his plane was damaged and began to lose altitude. Maksym Ustymenko did everything possible to move the plane away from the settlement, but did not have time to eject… He died a hero!” the statement said.


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