[Music] [Music] [Music] Russia on Monday launched a large scale assault on Ukraine firing over 100 missiles and nearly as many drones half of Ukraine was under attack fending off the biggest Russian forces aerial assault Ukrainian air defense systems were stretched to their maximum it now appears that the events took a stunning turn that day a Ukrainian F16 fighter jet crashed killing its pilot during a mission to fend off the Russian missile barrage the tragic event marks the first reported destruction of an F-16 in Ukraine a mere weeks after the country received its initial batch of advanced Fighters the timing couldn't be more critical as Ukraine had only recently integrated six of these American made aircraft into its defense Arsenal with a limited number of Pilots trained to operate them interestingly on Tuesday a day after the tragedy president zalinski publicly praised the Ukrainian Air Force for using the f-16s to destroy Russian missiles and drones but did not mention the fatal crash you said about F16 there's very good result very good nobody talked about it but we destroyed already in this huge attack of Russians we destroyed already some missiles and drones using F16 I will share how many but we did it thanks to Partners that they gave it gave us fence provided to us this Omission has sparked speculation about whether zilinski was withholding information to maintain morale or downplaying the loss of such a valuable asset the f-16s delivered just weeks ago are crucial to Ukraine's efforts to counter Russia's Superior air power with only a handful of these Jets and even fewer trained pilots the loss of one so early in their deployment could be a significant blow to Ukraine's strategic plans zilinski claims that KV needs 120 to 130 F-16 tactical Fighters or other advanced war plane to take on the much Superior Russian Air Force the big question is will the crash of the American m jet make its Western allies think twice before sending them to Ukraine Bureau report Von world is one this news download the Von app And subscribe to our YouTube channel