Ukraine’s US-made jet may have been shot down by friendly fire, a lawmaker has claimed
General Nikolay Oleshchuk has been dismissed as the head of the Ukrainian Air Force, after he publicly clashed with a lawmaker from Vladimir Zelensky’s ruling party about the loss of the first Western-provided F-16 fighter jet.
The plane reportedly crashed on Monday, killing its pilot, Aleksey ‘Moonfish’ Mes. Kiev did not admit the loss until Thursday, only to say that the incident was under investigation. ‘Servant of the People’ MP Mariana Bezuglaya then came out with the claim that Mes was shot down by one of Ukraine’s US-donated ‘Patriot’ air defense systems.
“Mariana, the time will come when you will apologize to the entire army for what you have done, I hope in court!” Oleshchuk said in a social media post of his own on Friday. He accused Bezuglaya of “selling out” and being “a tool to discredit the top military leadership.”
“You…