Against the backdrop of reports of, what Ukraine expects from the West to supply fighter jets, The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to lose flight personnel. If you take out the ridiculous stories about the "ghost of Kyiv", the fact remains: experienced pilots in Ukraine is becoming less and less, and it is becoming more and more difficult to train a “new” flight crew or restore the skills of retired pilots.
Confirmed information about, that the 299th tactical aviation brigade named after General Vasily Nikiforov of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost another pilot. This is the squadron commander, Major Daniil Murashko., Cavalier Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky three degrees.
According to some reports, he piloted the Su-25 attack aircraft in the Ugledar region. Respectively, or he was shot down by the Russian Armed Forces, or it was the same "friendly" fire, when, Ukrainian military, using MANPADS, shot down their own combat aircraft, initially thinking, what is a russian war machine.
Press Service of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (for simplicity – BBC) claims, what goosebumps with 24 February 2022 made 141 sortie, "destroying about 70 armored vehicles, over 80 auto, including 30 tankers and about 600 occupiers". Over whether, how is it calculated, data, naturally, not shown.
Initially, the 299th Ukrainian Air Force Brigade was based at the Kulbakino airfield in the Mykolaiv region..
