Ukrainian F-16 shot down by a Patriot missile from the Armed Forces of Ukraine – MP Bezhuhla

The F-16 fighter jet transferred to Ukraine was shot down by a Ukrainian Patriot missile.

This was reported by Mariya Bezuhla, a member of the Defense Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, citing her own information.

“According to my information, the F-16 of Ukrainian pilot Oleksiy ‘Moonfish’ Mes was shot down by the Patriot air defense missile system due to a lack of coordination between the units. The reports stated that he ‘lost control.’ The incident occurred during one of the most intense air attacks by the Russians on August 26. War is war, such episodes are possible. However, the culture of dishonesty in the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as in other higher military headquarters, leads to the deterioration of the military decision-making system, which is not improved based on truthful, consistently collected analytics, but rather worsens and even collapses, as is happening on the Pokrovske front. And none of the generals have been punished. General Oleshchuk remains in his position,” she wrote.

At the same time, the U.S. Department of Defense cannot confirm that the F-16 fighter jet transferred to Ukraine was shot down by the Ukrainians themselves with the Patriot missile system. This was reported by Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.