The deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, “servant of the people” Mariana Bezugla, said that the F-16 fighter jet of Ukrainian pilot Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mes was shot down by a Patriot missile system due to discoordination between units. Bezugla said this on her Facebook page, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“According to my information, the F-16 of Ukrainian pilot Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mes was shot down by a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system due to discoordination between units. The reports stated that he “lost control,” the MP wrote.
She noted that the incident occurred during one of the most powerful Russian air attacks on 26 August.
“War is war, such episodes are possible. But the culture of lies in the Air Force Command of the UA Armed Forces, as well as in other higher military headquarters, leads to the fact that the military decision-making system does not improve on the basis of truthful, consistently collected analytics, but deteriorates and even collapses, as is happening in the Pokrovske direction. And none of the generals have been punished. General Oleshchuk remains in office,” Bezuhla said.
Below the post, Mariana published a photo of Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mesy (right) together with Andriy “Juice” Pilshchikov, who was killed earlier. She recalled another incident in which pilot Andriy “Juice” was killed, and the investigation into his death, according to her, also failed to clarify the circumstances and did not lead to the punishment of the perpetrators.
