Heroically killed in action was pilot Maksym Ustymenko while repelling a night attack in an F-16

Heroically killed in action was pilot Maksym Ustymenko while repelling a night attack in an F-16

On the night of June 29, Ukrainian pilot Maksym Ustymenko was killed during an air battle.

He was defending the sky in an F-16 fighter jet, repelling a massive air strike by Russia.

As reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the pilot destroyed seven enemy air targets. During the engagement with the last missile, whose debris hit the aircraft, it sustained serious damage and began to lose altitude.

Maksym Ustymenko did everything possible to steer the F-16 away from a populated area, but he did not have time to eject. The pilot died saving the lives of civilians.