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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that all the circumstances of the crash of training aircraft in Zhytomyr Oblast that killed three pilots will be established.
Source: Zelenskyy’s night video address
Quote: “Yesterday, a disaster occurred in the…
26 August, 2023 L-39 Albatross of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade. November 2020. Photo credits: Armed Forces of Ukraine
On Friday, August 25, a plane crash occurred in the Zhytomyr region, killing three Ukrainian military pilots.
The Air Force Co…
A well-known pilot who went by the alias Juice and two other pilots were killed in a collision between two Ukrainian aircraft on the evening of 25 August in Zhytomyr Oblast.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda’s sources in the Armed Forces and law enforcement age…
Bohdan, Andrii and Roman are triplets. They are 20 years old and have been serving in the National Guard for two and a half years.
The National Guard of Ukraine shared their story.
All three were born in Bukovyna, a region in Ukraine’s west. They did t…
On the night of 19 August, Russian troops attacked an infrastructure facility in Zhytomyr Oblast with drones, causing a fire to break out as the wreckage of the downed drone fell.
Source: Vitalii Bunechko, Head of Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administratio…
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced[1] on Aug. 11 that it had detained an Odesa resident suspected of passing information on military bases and the consequences of airstrikes to Russia.The woman was reportedly in contact with a handl…
A woman has been detained under suspicion of spying for the Russian military, the Zhytomyr Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported [1]on Aug. 9.The 42-year-old woman, who is originally from Donetsk Oblast but lived in Zhytomyr Oblast since March, is believ…
Russia used Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles in its evening missile strike against Ukraine, attacking aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich’s facility in the city of Zaporizhzhia, as well as Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine, President Volodym…
As a result of a Russian missile attack on 5 August, several residential buildings, a cultural institution, a bus station and a commercial building have been damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Source: Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administr…