A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter was shot down by Ukrainian 9K33 SA-8 Gecko SAM in a friendly fire incident on January 7 near Kurakhove, in the Donetsk Oblast. The aircraft was armed with an AGM-88 and in the colours of the Ukrainian Falcons acrobatic team. The pilot died The previously unseen wreckage of a Russian Air Force Su-25SM Frogfoot close air support jet (RF-95152, 15 'Blue') was found near Chornobaivka, Kherson Oblast. The jet was lost under unknown circumstances in the autumn, but the first video of the wreck was posted on January 5.
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