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Kiev, Dec 15 (AFP) A Ukrainian fighter pilot died when his plane crashed during a training flight, the army said Saturday in what was the second such death in two months.
The Sukhoi-27 crashed on Saturday while coming in to land in the northern Jytomyr region at around 1300 GMT, the army’s central command said.
On October 16, a Ukrainian and a US pilot died when their Su-27 crashed during the Clear Sky 2018 military exercises involving eight NATO countries.
The drills were held as Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country face off in a conflict that has already claimed more than 10,000 lives. (AFP) SCY SCY
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