Andriy Pilshchykov served in the division tasked with countering Russian attacks on Kyiv in the first two months of what the war.
Maj. Andriy Pilshchykov who went by the call sign “Juice” helped Ukraine “a lot,” Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post, adding that the collision which claimed the lives of two other pilots, Maj. Vyacheslav Minka and Maj. Sergey Prokazhin, was a “disaster.”
“Ukraine will never forget anyone who defended Ukraine’s free sky,” Zelenskyy added. “May they always be remembered!” A member of the 40th tactical aviation division, Pilshchykov served in the corps tasked with countering Russian attacks on the nation’s capital during theUkrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said in a separate post on Facebook that Pilshchykov was “a young officer with remarkable knowledge and mega talent,” adding that he “dreamed of F-16s in the Ukrainian sky.”
Pilshchykov, Ihnat said, “gave dozens of interviews to Western media, because he knew English well, and most importantly — he understood the subject matter of conversation, what can and should be talked about for Ukraine.” The Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement that the pilots were killed Friday, after two L-39 combat trainer aircrafts collided in mid-air over the Zhytomyr region in northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force said. An investigation into the crash has been launched, it added.announced that they would both supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, after Washington gave the green light in August to transfer the powerful American-made warplanes.
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