on the other warfront the much wanted F-16 has failed its first test in the Ukraine theater of conflict ke's military said an F16 fighter jet used by Ukraine crashed on Monday it is the first such loss reported since the long awaited arrival of the US made planes in the country was confirmed this month in a statement on Facebook the Ukrainian military said the jet came down and its pilot died while it was approaching a Target during a Russian air strike it added that the F6 had demonstrated high efficiency and down four Russian cruise missiles the statement further said connection with one of the aircraft was lost while it was approaching the next Target as it turned out later the plane crashed and the pilot had died the crash is now being investigated and the international experts will be invited to take part in the probe Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh has said that the Department of Defense is no knowledge of Ukraine seeking assistance after the crash sing did not reveal how many American f-16s are currently in Ukraine but she expressed pride in the United States training of some of the Ukrainian pilots flying the Jets noting that they are defending their skies in their country I've seen the reports I'm not aware of any assistance or request for assistance from the Ukrainian side to us about um this particular incident um but I'd refer you to the ukrainians more to speak to to speak to any specifics on this pilot on Tuesday Ukrainian president zinski said Russian missiles were shot down by Western supplied F-16 fighter jets before they reached their targets but the new revelation has put a question mark on zelinsky's claims zilinsky has been asking for over 100 f-16s to counter the Russian air power the deployment of the f-16s marks a crucial enhancement in Ukraine's air defense capabilities since Ukraine took delivery of its first batch of the six F-16 fighter jets it was clear that these aircraft would play a crucial role in the nation's air defense strategy but the reports of the crash show how vulnerable the Frontline jet is to enemy fire analysts have raised outs that Ukrainian Pilots have not been trained well enough to fly these machines Ukraine has argued that the $64 million fighter jet missiles and targeting systems will enable them to identify enemy ground Radars and Destroy them the F-16 jets are one of the top jet fighters in the world they are fast and extremely agile the powerful engine can generate excellent thrust to weight ratio due to overall lightness of it propelling the f-16s to twice the speed of sound at high altitudes meanwhile in eastern Ukraine at least one person has died six injured during Russian shelling the town is miles away from the front line and it is one of the most affected cities in the region according to the Don Governor it comes under enemy fire almost every single day for latest news download the Von app And subscribe to to our YouTube channel