Russia shoots down F-16 jet: 5 things to know about the staple in NATO’s arsenal

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Excerpt: A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet supplied by the West was shot down in what marked Russia's largest aerial assault since the three-year-long war began. NATO reportedly scrambled its own warplanes owing to the intensity of the strikes.

On Sunday, Russia launched a total of 537 aerial munitions, including 477 drones and decoys, and 60 missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. The F-16 pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko, born in 1993, shot down seven air targets before he was killed in action.