Ukrainian pilot Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, nicknamed “Blue Helmet”, has just died in battle. Pravda photo.
Suspilne, the Ukrainian public television station and many other news agencies on January 8 simultaneously reported that Zalistovskyi, a famous 23-year-old Ukrainian pilot, had just died while on a combat mission.
“Surely you have seen videos of the Ukrainian pilot “Blue Helmet” flying a MiG-29 fighter jet, which he often posts on social networks. His real name is Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, and sadly, he just died while performing a combat mission,” Suspilne reported.
Armiia TV news channel of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also confirmed information about the death of the “Blue Helmet” pilot on January 8.
According to Suspilne, the pilot of the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force died on the evening of January 5. The death of the young pilot was also confirmed by his relatives on social networks.
This is another major loss in the ranks of Ukraine’s fighter pilots in the context of a comprehensive war with Russia that has lasted nearly 2 years and is about to enter its third year.
Zalistovskyi is only 23 years old. He graduated from the flight department of the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University in Kharkiv in 2021, and during the war with Russia he performed dozens of combat missions.
Zalistovskyi is famous for his Instagram channel called Blue Helmet, where he posts videos of his flights. His Instagram account has more than 2,200 followers.
Suspilne noted that pilot Zalistovskyi was from Malyn, Zhytomyr province. He is a pilot of a MiG-29 fighter jet. The circumstances leading to the pilot’s death have not been disclosed by Ukraine.
In another incident last August, three Ukrainian pilots, including famous pilot Andrii Pilshchykov nicknamed “Juice”, were killed in a mid-air collision between two training aircraft. training.