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F-16, Mirage Jets Destroyed at Airfield in Central Ukraine - Underground

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Several F-16 and Mirage aircraft have been destroyed by a strike at an airfield in central Ukraine, the coordinator of the pro-Russian underground network in Nikolayev, Sergei Lebedev, told Sputnik.

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"The airfield in the Kirovograd region has been attacked: several F-16 and Mirage wareplanes were completely destroyed," Lebedev said. The Dolgintsevo airfield in the Kirovograd region also hosted foreign military personnel, the coordinator said. Several foreign pilots were killed.

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F-16, Mirage Jets Destroyed at Airfield in Central Ukraine - Underground

09:42 GMT 16.04.2026

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation during a mission in support of NATO Operation Allied Force on April 20, 1999. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.04.2026

DONETSK (Sputnik) - Several F-16 and Mirage aircraft have been destroyed by a strike at an airfield in central Ukraine, the coordinator of the pro-Russian underground network in Nikolayev, Sergei Lebedev, told Sputnik.

"The airfield in the Kirovograd region has been attacked: several F-16 and Mirage wareplanes were completely destroyed," Lebedev said.

The Dolgintsevo airfield in the Kirovograd region also hosted foreign military personnel, the coordinator said. Several foreign pilots were killed.