“On July 3, in Kiev, they said goodbye to the dead F-16 pilot Hero of Ukraine Maxim Ustimenko. Source: “Public” details: It is noted that Ustimenko was one of 15 graduates in 2016, when Ukraine was first able to release a brigade of fighters on the MiG-29 and Su-25 gunners.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “Public”
Details: It is noted that Ustimenko was one of 15 graduates in 2016, when Ukraine was first able to release a brigade of fighters for the MiG-29 and the Su-25 assault rifle.
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“I know each of the fifteen. Unfortunately, six of them were already killed. Maxima is buried in the Kiev region where his family lives. He recently bought housing there, but it was in this yard that a few months ago, a new housing, which he dreamed, was destroyed,”
Ustimenko was also in the first group of 12 pilots who were the first to study for the F-16 and flew on it since the summer of 2024.
“He quickly mastered the aircraft. Before that he tested the Swedish GriPen plane, which made 13 departures in Sweden. In general, he was a first -class pilot,” Golubtsov added.
The publication notes that the F-16 fighter, which was piloted by Maxim, shot down the seven “Shahmed” during a massive Russian attack on June 29, 2025. What happened then will show the investigation.
“There were so many goals in the air.
Prehistory:
- On the night of June 29, a pilot F-16, a pilot of 1 class Maxim Ustimenko, was killed in a rocket-arable blow in Ukraine.
- President Zelensky instructed to find out all the circumstances of Ustimenko’s death.
- The head of state awarded the dead pilot of the F-16 the title of Hero of Ukraine with awarding the Order of the Golden Star.
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