Andrii pilshchykov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia s invasion, flying under the call sign juice. the ukrainian military called the airmen s deaths painful and irreparable losses, and paid tribute to pilshchykov as a young officer with mega knowledge and mega talent . the crash involved two l 39 training planes flying over northern ukraine. well, last year andrii pilshchykov spoke to the bbc about the work he and his fellow pilolts were doing, especially the difficulty of shooting down russian cruise missiles. let s listen to some of what he said. 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.
So everything was stacked against the opposition in regards to how the election process was run. one of ukraine s most celebrated fighter pilots, and two other airmen, have been killed in a mid air crash. andrii pilshchikov won fame taking part in close range aerial battles over kyiv during the early phase of russia s invasion, flying under the call sign juice. the ukrainian military called the airmen s deaths painful and irreparable losses, and paid tribute to mr pilshchikov as a young officer with mega knowledge and mega talent . the crash involved two l 39 training planes flying over northern ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky led tributes to the crash victims. in an address he praised them as defenders of ukraine s free sky and vowing an investigation into what happened. the ukrainian president also