The general leadership of the multinational international exercise "Clear Sky - 2018" has decided to continue the implementation of flight missions in the framework of the exercise, which will end on October 19. It is reported by the press center of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.. However, due to the crash of the Su-27UB fighter, in which two pilots were killed on October 16, a ban was imposed on the press for the next events.. “In connection with the disaster that occurred with the Su-27UB fighter of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the events that were scheduled for October 18 - 19 at the airfields of Starokonstantinov and Gavrishovka with the participation of representatives of the media during the multinational exercise“ Clear Sky - 2018 ” will not be held ", - emphasized in the press release. Recall that in Ukraine, on October 8, the Clear Sky - 2018 multinational aviation exercises began, in which representatives of eight member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance take part. On this October 10, the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. For the first time, the American F-15C Eagle fighters of the 144th Fighter Wing of the National Guard Air Force, based in California, take part in the Clear Sky 2018 exercises.. During the fulfillment of the combat training flight on October 16 around 5:00 pm, as reported by the public relations department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Su-27 plane crashed. "We are sad to announce that according to the information of the search and rescue group, the bodies of two pilots were found.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated, ”the website of the military department of Ukraine stresses.. The Armed Forces of Ukraine express condolences to the families of the dead pilots. In the obituary of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is noted that one of the dead was a first class pilot, Colonel Ivan Petrenko, who “did everything possible to the last second of his life so that the plane did not fall on the settlement, and the civilians were not injured”.