The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine confirmed local media reports about plane crash in the Zhytomyr region — two military aircraft collided there. The incident occurred on August 25 «during the performance of a combat mission,» the SBI specified.
«Two L-39 combat training aircraft collided,» the report said. «Three pilots of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed.»
A criminal case on the fact of a plane crash was initiated on preliminary qualification — «violation of flight rules or preparation for them.»
According to media reports, one of the dead pilots turned out to be a pilot with a call sign known in his homeland » Juice».