“The Air Force of Ukraine reported the death of Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Ivanov, senior navigator of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade, who died on December 8 while performing a combat mission on a Su-27 aircraft in the eastern direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“At noon on December 8, 2025, in the eastern direction, during a combat mission on a Su-27 aircraft, the senior navigator of the 39th tactical aviation brigade, lieutenant colonel Ivanov Yevhenii Vitaliyovych, died,” the message states.
The military is investigating the circumstances of the death of their comrade. The Air Force expressed its condolences to the pilot’s relatives and friends.
The Ukrainian authorities do not give exact information about losses among the military in the war with Russia, saying that the data will be revealed after the war. At the same time, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with NBC News at the beginning of this year that since February 2022, Ukraine has lost more than 46,000 soldiers dead and about 380,000 wounded in the war.