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Ukrainian pilot who led push for F-16s dies in training exercise

Aviator codenamed ‘Juice’ played prominent role in pleading with western allies to give Ukraine jets

One of Ukraine’s most famous fighter pilots who played a prominent public role in pushing western allies to provide Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets has died in a training exercise.

The aviator, publicly known by his call sign “Juice”, was killed on Friday in a crash which also claimed the lives of two other pilots, Ukrainian authorities said.

His death came just days after the Biden administration dropped its longstanding reservations and approved the transfer of dozens of the US-made multipurpose fighters from the Netherlands and Denmark.

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