Ukraine pilot killed, F-16 fighter jet lost, Ukrainian military says

KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian pilot was killed and his F-16 fighter jet lost while repelling a large-scale Russian nighttime missile and drone attack, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday.

It was the third such loss of an F-16 of the war, the military said.

"The pilot used all of his onboard weapons and shot down seven air targets. While shooting down the last one, his aircraft was damaged and began to lose altitude," the Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by William Mallard)