The Ukrainian Air Force has lost another fighter jet in the war with Russia.
The MiG-29 was shot down by a Russian missile whilst on a combat mission, the Ukrainian military announced on Telegram on Thursday.
The pilot managed to eject, but did not survive the crash. The fighter jet had just carried out an attack on an unnamed section of the front line.
According to official figures, the Ukrainian Air Force lost two further MiG-29 fighter jets during combat missions in June and August.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that aircraft of this type were also lost as a result of Russian air strikes on Ukrainian air bases. According to estimates by experts at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine still had 14 Soviet-built MiG-29s at the end of 2025.
President Volodymyr Zelensky recently held out the prospect of the delivery of three further F-16 fighter jets from Belgium by the end of the year.
However, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, Kiev is facing a problem with the maintenance of the US-made jets, meaning that only a few are operational.
The Ukrainian Air Force is also using its small stock of fighters to defend against the high-speed jet drones that Russia has been deploying with increasing frequency for several weeks.
Ukraine has been fending off a large-scale Russian invasion with Western support since February 2022.