And killed their top pilot. Apparently they didn't coordinate correctly to keep the jet from being targeted by their new anti-aircraft missile system.
The Babylon bee literally could have written this story https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/first-us-made-f16-jet-downed-ukraine-during-combat-pilot-killed
Start your meme cannons cause this one is a killer! We could have just shot their pilot and saved US taxpayers close to $2 billion dollars......
F-16: $63 million
Patriot anti-aircraft missile defense system $1 billion system & $4 million per missile
The look on Putin's face when he hears Ukraine saved him ALOT of money by shooting down it's own jet: Priceless
Stupidity. It's everywhere Kyiv used to be.
Just look at how the BBC are framing this: https://web.archive.org/web/20240829202353/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0532n9pdko
Headline: "Ukraine F-16 destroyed during Russian attack, BBC told"
Third paragraph: "The cause of the crash was not a direct result of an enemy missile strike, the Ukrainian military claims."
The propaganda stinks.
Yeah I saw that
The fuckin spin level made me dizzy
But if you criticize the BBC, the Gestapo goons show up at your door.