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❗️Ukraine lost a MiG-29 fighter overnight on June 27 during a combat mission in Poltava region, the Air Force said. The pilot ejected successfully, contacted the search-and-rescue team and was quickly taken to a medical facility for examination and assistance. #Ukraine

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Fantastic that the pilot is alive and well. Considering how long this war has gone on the shear number of flight hours these planes have gone through must be well beyond their lifetimes. Hats off to Ukraine for keeping them flying and to the pilots that fly them.

This is very bad news both in the loss one aircraft & damage to another - but the fact that they took out a large fixed wing aircraft with a small drone during ground refueling operations is quite concerning.