Ukrainian defenders destroyed 43 air targets out of 44 launched by Russian forces on the night of 29-30 August, including 28 cruise missiles and 15 attack drones.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force; Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrain…
Russian forces attacked an infrastructure facility in Zhytomyr Oblast on the night of 29-30 August, and a fire broke out there as a result of the fall of the downed drone.
Source: Vitalii Bunechko, Head of Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, on Te…
An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) crashed near Chelyabinsk on Aug. 29, killing three crew members, according to Russian authorities.The crash took place next to the village of Krasnoye Pole in southwestern Russia, …
A funeral ceremony is being held in Kyiv for a Ukrainian Air Force pilot, Andrii “Juice” Pilshchykov, who was tragically killed along with two other pilots in a plane crash in Zhytomyr Oblast on 25 August.
Source: correspondent of Ukrainska Pravda
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29 August, 2023 Viacheslav Minka, Serhiy Prokazin and Andrii Pilshchikov, pilots of the Air Forces of Ukraine
The Ukrainian pilots who died on August 25 in a collision between two L-39 combat trainer aircraft were posthumously promoted.
The Air Force…
The State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) is considering three versions of the fatal collision[1] of L-39 jet trainers in Zhytomyr Oblast that caused the death of three pilots, the DBR’s communications advisor Tetiana Sapian said[2] on Aug. 28.The…
On 29 August, Kyiv will bid farewell to military pilot Andrii “Juice” Pilshchykov, who tragically lost his life in a plane crash in Zhytomyr Oblast.
Source: Melania Podoliak, Andrii’s girlfriend, on Telegram
Quote: “It will be possible to say goodbye t…
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported that among the avenues of investigation of the recent crash of two training aircraft in Zhytomyr Oblast, which killed three pilots, they considered a technical malfunction of the aircraft, a pilot error,…
27 August, 2023 Andriy, callsign JUICE, during the transfer of volunteer aid.
Charity Foundation for the needs of aviators is going to be renamed in honor of Ukrainian pilot, Major Andriy Pilshchykov, also known by the call sign “JUICE”.
The mother o…
27 August, 2023 The wreckage of the L-39 plane in Zhytomyr Region, August 2023. Photo credits: Office of the Prosecutor General
The Air Force of Ukraine has disclosed the names of three pilots killed in the skies over the Zhytomyr region.
The 40th Ta…