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'Massive' Overnight Russian Attack Hits Ukraine

Summary by CBC Barbados
By Kostya Gak, Helen Regan, Billy Stockwell and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian pilot was killed and his F-16 fighter jet crashed after Russia launched a huge aerial assault involving hundreds of drones and scores of missiles overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. The airman, named as 1st Class Lt. Col. Maksym Ustymenko by the Ukrainian air force, was the third F-16 pilot killed since the Ukrainians began flying the jets last…
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Terekhov noted that the pilots began their journey in Kharkov: here they took the first steps in military education, studied, formed as future officers

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Streets in Kharkiv to be named in honor of fallen F-16 pilots Mesya and UstymenkoIn Kharkiv, two streets will be named in honor of fallen F-16 pilots Maksym Ustymenko and Oleksiy Mesya, who were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. Both pilots gave their lives repelling air attacks, defending Ukrainian skies.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Two streets in Kharkiv will be renamed in honor of the fallen Heroes of Ukraine - pilots Maksym Ustymenko and Oleksiy Mes. This was announced by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov. It is noted that both pilots studied at the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National University of the Air Force. "Both were masters of their craft - pilots of the highest level and devoted comrades. Both began their journey in Kharkiv: here they took their first steps in military…

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Ukraine withdraws from the Ottawa Convention, F-16 pilot Ustimenko received the title of Hero

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Pilot Maksym Ustimenko. Photo from Liliya Averianova's Facebook page President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the deceased F-16 pilot Maksym Ustimenko the title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star. This is evidenced by the presidential decree of June 29. — For personal courage and heroism shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, selfless service to the Ukrainian people, I dec…

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on awarding the title of Hero of Ukraine to Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Ustymenko

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CBC Barbados broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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