Major Andriy Tkachenko, a fighter pilot of Ukrainian Air Force, flying a Mikoyan MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ multirole jet, was shot down and killed by a Russian surface-to-air missile: during a combat sortie over the Donetsk Oblast on March 8th, 2024.

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1. 🕯️💔 Major Andriy Tkachenko, a fighter pilot of Ukrainian Air Force, flying a Mikoyan MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ multirole jet, was shot down and killed by a Russian surface-to-air missile: during a combat sortie over the Donetsk Oblast on March 8th, 2024.

   https://x.com/gloooud/status/1766899049020502438?s=46

   https://x.com/euromaidanpress/status/1766925062681006579?s=46

   https://x.com/militarylandnet/status/1766919593933631912?s=46

2. Rest in peace Andriy🕊️

3. Rest In Peace, Andriy. You have done so much more than any one could have expected. Condolences to family and friends.

4. Rest easy.

5. RIP

6. Героям слава

7. It’s kind of crazy they are still doing sorties with MiG-29s and putting pilots at heavy risk if they want to eventually transfer fully to NATO standard aircraft.

8. This is so heartbreaking. Rest in peace, Major Tkachenko. Condolences to the family, wife and little boy.

9. Rest in peace.

10. RIP hero

11. That’s a tough loss to take. I’m sure their skilled pilots are very crucial

12. Heroiam Slava

13. Gone but never forgotten, 🇺🇦🫡

14. rest in peace, hero…

15. Hope there’s a maverick to his goose 🦢

16. Heroyam Slava

17. rest in peace hero

18. RIP, warrior.

19. Rest in Peace Ukraine Hero…

20. Rest in paradise, Andriy

21. Rip

22. I get angrier every time I see one of these posts. Decent people sacrificing themselves, and the republican party doing all it can to prevent support.

23. RIP