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Ukrainian F-16 shoots down Russian fighter jet in historic first ‘combat kill’

Ewan Jones
 22.07.2026, 13:58
For first time in the war, a US-made plane has downed a Russian fighter. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
For first time in the war, a US-made plane has downed a Russian fighter. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian sources said the pilot survived and returned to Russian-held positions.