"Did everything possible": During the attack of the Russians, the pilot F-16 Maxim Ustimenko was killed

To spread: On the night of June 29, during the reflection of a massive Russian rocket-a-okola attack on Ukrainian cities, a pilot of the 1st class and a pilot F-16 Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Ustimenko in 1993. He killed seven Russian air purposes, doing his best, but did not have time to catapult, reported in the Air Force of the Armed Forces. During the last target, Ustimenko aircraft was damaged and began to lose height.

The pilot did his best and took his car away from the settlement, but did not have time to save his life. "I died like a hero! Eternal flight, brother, you did everything you could!" - noted in the air force. The reflection of a massive attack by the Russians has been involved in all available means of defense forces that can work on air assault. In particular, F-16 planes, whose pilots were destroyed by dozens of "shamed".

The Air Force emphasized that the work of Ukrainian fighters is extremely dangerous and risky, both when struck for terrestrial enemy purposes and during the reflection of air attacks. Nevertheless, our pilots heroically perform combat missions. In total, during the night blow, the Russian Federation applied more than 500 goals against Ukraine. Air defense destroyed 475 (249 shot by fire, 226 - locally lost).