Zelenskyy fires Ukraine’s air force commander after deadly F-16 crash

Zelenskyy fires Ukraine’s air force commander after deadly F-16 crash

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

President Zelenskyy dismisses Mykola Oleshchuk, says country needs to ‘protect personnel’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country’s air force, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Mykola Oleshchuk was published on…

Ukraine’s air force commander dismissed after F-16 Jet crash

Ukraine’s air force commander dismissed after F-16 Jet crash

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Aug 30 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on Friday, according to a presidential decree. The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. “I have decided to replace the commander of…