Reflected the Shahaneda attack: Ukraine lost the Su-27 fighter, the pilot was catapult

To spread: During the reflection of a hostile air attack on April 28, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces lost the Su-27 aircraft. The pilot managed to catapult. This was reported in the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces. "In the morning of April 28, 2025, during the implementation of a comprehensive combat mission for the aviation support of the troops and the reflection of an air attack of enemy strikes, the Su-27 Air Force fighter was lost.

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.