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chinanews.com, august 30 (xinhua) -- on august 29, local time, the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces confirmed that a ukrainian f-16 fighter jet crashed, killing a pilot. at this time, it was less than a month since ukrainian president zelensky announced that the f-16 fighter jet had been put into use.

why did this long-awaited american fighter jet crash? it was damaged soon after it was put into use. is the f-16 aided by the west to ukraine a "real weapon" or a "paper tiger"? what other impacts might this incident bring? the situation between russia and ukraine has once again become the focus of media attention.

'top pilot killed'

the ukrainian general staff said in a notice that several ukrainian f-16 fighters and air defense missile units jointly repelled the russian missile attack. during the battle, the f-16 fighters used their onboard weapons to shoot down four russian cruise missiles, but when approaching the next target, one f-16 fighter lost contact. it was later discovered that the plane had crashed and the pilot had died.

several british and american media reported that the f-16 fighter jet sent to ukraine crashed on the 26th. according to ukraine, russia launched a large-scale air strike on ukraine's energy infrastructure on the 26th, launching a total of more than 200 cruise missiles and drones.

cnn quoted ukrainian military sources as saying that the person killed was a pilot codenamed "moonfish" alexey metz. he was ukraine's "top pilot" and one of the few pilots in the country who had received f-16 flight training. he died while repelling russia's "largest air strike" against ukraine.