On Saturday, April 12, during a combat mission, 26-year-old Pavel Ivanov tragically died while flying an F-16.

Source: Air Force

Details: An interdepartmental commission has begun investigating all circumstances surrounding the tragedy.

The agency has not disclosed further details about the pilot's death.

Updated: The initial report stated that Ivanov was 21 years old, but the text was later corrected to 26.

President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the pilot's death.

Direct quote from Zelensky:

"Military reports regarding this combat situation were necessary. We are clarifying all circumstances."