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Updated · Ukrainska Pravda · Jun 27Ukraine Air Force Loses MiG-29 in Poltava as Pilot Ejects Safely During 129-UAV Attack
3 articles · Updated · Ukrainska Pravda · Jun 27Summary
- A Ukrainian MiG-29 was lost overnight in Poltava Oblast while flying a combat mission, and the Air Force said the pilot ejected safely.
- The pilot made contact with a search-and-rescue team after ejecting and was quickly taken to a medical facility.
- The loss came during a Russian overnight drone assault in which Ukraine said 129 UAVs were launched.
- Ukraine's Air Force said 113 of those drones were either shot down or neutralized by electronic jamming.
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Can Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian oil cripple the war machine faster than Russia's air assaults deplete Ukraine's defenses? With Russia deploying hypersonic missiles and Ukraine decimating its oil industry, who is winning the escalating technological war?