Ukrainian air force chief responds to MP’s misleading F-16 crash claims
Source: Mykola Oleschuk/Telegram
Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleschuk has hit back at ‘Servant of the People’ MP Maryana Bezuhla’s after she claimed the military were holding back the truth that the crash of the F-16 fighter and the death of its pilot Oleksii Mies happened due to the Patriot system friendly fire.
The lawmaker alleged that Ukraine had had at least three such incidents with the Ukrainian military trying to cover it up by saying the planes had been downed by Russia.
In an attempt to do the damage control, Oleschuk said investigation is currently underway. “We will find out what happened, the circumstances, and who is responsible. ” he said.
He aslo clapped back at Bezuhla over what he called ‘discrediting the top military command”. Bezuhla is ‘receiving applause” in Russia where propagandists watch with glee her throwing a shade at Ukrainian air defenses and American arms manufacturers.
“Blaming the [Ukrainian] military won’t work. I call on the lawmaker, who has long sold her name for these vile purposes, to be ready to apologize to the military. Time will come when, I hope, she will apologize in court!” he added.
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