Reflected the Shahaneda attack: Ukraine lost the Su-27 fighter, the pilot was catapult
The reasons for the incident are found out by a specially created commission, which has already started its work,"-said. It is noted that the pilot of the aircraft managed to catapult. A search and rescue team arrived in place. The pilots were taken away and sent to the medical institution and the examination. His life is not threatened, his condition is stable.
It should be reminded that on March 17, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the Ukrainian pilot Alexei Messa, who died in the F-16 catastrophe, the title of Hero of Ukraine. The pilot died on August 26, 2024 during a Russian rocket and drone attack. On that day, he, according to the Air Force, destroyed 3 rockets and one drone. On April 24, it was reported that a multi-purpose Su-30cm multi-purpose fighter was destroyed in Rostov-on-Don.