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US military officials doubt F-16 crash in Ukraine caused by friendly fire

Washington, Sept 1 (UNI) US military officials believe that Kiev's loss of the F-16 fighter transferred to it was probably not connected to a friendly fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces on its own aircraft, the New York Times reported.
On August 29, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledged the loss of the F-16 fighter transferred to Ukraine; a special commission is investigating the causes of the crash. The Wall Street Journal previously wrote that the F-16 crashed due to pilot error. Ukrainian lawmaker Maryana Bezuhla said that the F-16 had been shot down by the Patriot air defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to a failure in coordination between the units.
Two high-ranking US military officials said that friendly fire was probably not the cause of the F-16 crash, the newspaper said. The publication did not specify what this statement was based on, nor did it mention the versions of the destruction of the fighter put forward by these officials.
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