Ukrainian pilot ‘Juice’ among three killed in jet collision, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Two L-39 training planes came down west of Kyiv, says air force, with Andriy Pilshchykov, advocate of Ukraine getting F-16s, among the dead

Three Ukrainian military pilots, including one nicknamed Juice who campaigned for the supply of F-16s, were killed on Friday when two combat training aircraft collided over a region west of Kyiv, Ukraine's air force said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is counting on swift training of crews to fly F-16 fighter jets promised by western allies, said in his nightly video address that the three men included Andriy Pilshchykov, callsign Juice, a Ukrainian officer, one of those who greatly helped our state".