A funeral ceremony is being held in Kyiv for a Ukrainian Air Force pilot, Andrii "Juice" Pilshchykov, who was tragically killed along with two other pilots in a plane crash in Zhytomyr Oblast on 25 August.
The pilots who tragically died in Zhytomyr Oblast on 25 August have been conferred military ranks, and they were nominated for state awards. Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force; Ukrainian Air Force Quote from Oleshchuk: "The military pilots who tragically died during a combat mission in Zhytomyr Oblast on 25 August 2023 have been nominated for state awards.
The names of all three pilots killed in a mid-air collision over Zhytomyr Oblast were released by the Vasylkiv Tactical Aviation Brigade on Aug. 27. They were Captain Andrii Pilshchykov, also known as "Juice," Major Viacheslav Minka, and Major Serhii Prokazin.