- A top US general said a Ukrainian F-16 scored Ukraine’s first air-to-air kill — a high-profile milestone highlighting Kyiv’s improving air-defense skills.
- The general gave few details (no location or type of Russian jet); some observers link it to a prior Ukrainian claim about downing a Su-35.
- Ukraine has rapidly integrated F-16s and other Western jets while scaling a layered air-defense system and domestic industry, though it still seeks more air-defense help.
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