it s myjob. it s my mission. face to face air battle, air engagement, ourjets have almost no chances to win. we were pushing them away, because they were forced to avoid us, and they were trying to get russianjets in the bubbles of our air defence, and they shooted them down. but russians are improving their tactics, and we need something more advanced than ourjets, for air defence, for interception of cruise missiles. that was andrii pilshchykov, who died in a crash earlier today. let s talk to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who s in kyiv. there has been an outpouring of tribute and also a great deal of sadness over the deaths of these
intercepting the cruise missiles, your mission is to save the lives on the ground, to save the city. you re not able. it s a terrible feeling that somebody will die. somebody will die in minutes, and you didn t prevent that. after school, i entered into the air force university. it was a dream from childhood, from the age of five. it s myjob. it s my mission. face to face air battle, air engagement, ourjets have almost no chances to win. we were pushing them away, because they were forced to avoid us, and they were trying to get russianjets in the bubbles of our air defence, and they shooted them down. but russians are improving their tactics, and we need something more advanced than ourjets,
of what he said. intercepting the cruise missiles, your mission is to save the lives on the ground, to save the city. you re not able it s a terrible feeling that somebody will die. somebody will die in minutes, and you didn t prevent that. after school, i entered into the air force university. it was a dream from childhood, from the age of five. it s myjob, it s my mission. face to face air battle, air engagement, ourjets have almost no chances to win. we were pushing them away, because they were forced to avoid us, and we were trying to get russianjets in the bubbles of our air defence, and they shooted them down. but russians are improving
face to face air battle, air engagement, ourjets have almost no chances to win. we were pushing them away, because they were forced to avoid us, and they were trying to get russianjets in the bubbles of our air defence, and they shooted them down. but russians are improving their tactics, and we need something more advanced than ourjets, for air defence, for interception of cruise missiles. andrii pilshchykov speaking to the bbc last year. that interview was carried out by our bbc ukrainian reporter zhanna bezpiatchuk. i spoke to her a little earlier and asked her for her thoughts on captain pilshchykov. he s really a unique fighter pilot and unique officer in the ukrainian army.
russian jets, far from the front lines because the russianjets, russian surface far from the front lines because the russian jets, russian surface to air missiles had a longer range, so it is like entering a gunfight with a pistol and the other guy has a rifle. you didn t stand a fair chance. they were using electronics in these aircraft that were 30 years old. the russians had topline stuff. even the aircraft thatjuice was flying the day he died, it was a 19605 flying the day he died, it was a 1960s aircraft. they had been flying these things again and again, sooner later it is going to breakdown or when you go up against those odds every day, sooner later you will not come home. the every day, sooner later you will not come home- come home. the f-16s are more versatile. come home. the f-16s are more versatile. and come home. the f-16s are more versatile, and more come home. the f-16s are more versatile, and more capability i come home. the f-16s are more versatile, and more ca