The incident occurred on Friday, August 25, near the city of Zhytomyr, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) west of Kyiv. The crews of two L-39 combat trainer aircraft collided in the sky while performing a combat mission, according to the Air Force.
Regarding the decision to provide F16 fighter jets amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States (US) on Monday said President Joe Biden has made very clear that Washington will begin training the Ukrainian military to pilot these jets.
"A vast majority of Russian targets in Kyiv's airspace were destroyed after the capital was hit by an 'exceptional' air attack with UAVs, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, said a Ukrainian military official.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian military bases and depots of West-provided weapons in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday, TASS reported.
According to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group, geo-located footage from pro-Kremlin military bloggers indicated that Ukrainian troops had established a foothold near the town of Oleshky, along with "stable supply lines" to their positions.
There was critical damage to infrastructure facilities. The Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko said on Telegram that technicians were working to stabilize the heat and power supply of the area impacted by the attack.
London [UK], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK's financial support for the Ukrainian military will run low by the end of the year, local media reported citing a source in the UK Defence Ministry.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1 (ANI): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said that it is ready to deploy specialists to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) town of Olenivka in the Donbas region where 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed after the Ukrainian mil
Moscow [Russia], July 31 (ANI): Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to participate in the investigation into the Ukrainian military attack on a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems which killed 53 Ukrainian
Moscow [Ukraine], July 29 (ANI): The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the Ukrainian military attacked a pre-trial detention centre near Olenivka in the Donbas region with HIMARS rocket systems and killed 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war.