Six Ukrainian pilots were killed during a combat mission near Bakhmut, Yevhen Rakita, spokesman for the 18th separate aviation brigade of the “Ihor Sikorsky” Armed Forces, said on Ukrainian Public Broadcasting on Wednesday, CNN reports.

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On Tuesday, “August 29, six pilots of the 18th separate aviation brigade of the Igor Sikorsky Air Force were killed in the direction of Bakhmut. This happened while performing a combat mission,” Rakita said.

According to him, all six pilots were officers.

He declined to reveal other details of the incident for security reasons, News.ro quoted him as saying.

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