As war losses mount, Ukraine honors a veteran jet fighter pilot who died in collision

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During a somber ceremony in Kyiv on Tuesday morning, Ukraine's military along with family and friends held a funeral for Andrii Pilshchykov.

The ace jet fighter pilot, age 30, known by the call sign "Juice," flew dozens of combat missions in the early days of Russia's invasion that began in February 2022.

He was killed Friday west of Kyiv in a collision between two training aircraft. Two other pilots, Viacheslav Minka and Serhii Prokazin, also died.

In an emotional video released over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the accident a "catastrophe in the sky" and said an investigation is underway.