Three Ukrainian pilots, including one of the country's most celebrated dogfighters, were killed when two combat training planes collided in mid-air on Friday, the country's air force said. Ukraine's military paid tribute to Andrii 'Juice' Pilshchykov, a 29-year-old flying ace with 'mega knowledge and mega talent', as well as two other airmen who died in the crash between two L-39s, which happened in the Zhytomyr region, west of and hundreds of miles from the frontlines of 's invasion. The two other airmen have now been named as Vyacheslav Minka and Sergiy Prokazin, two pilots in the Ukrainian air force.
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