Ukraine Loses Veteran Su-27 Commander Colonel Oleksandr Dovhach in Combat
Ukraine’s military mourned a significant loss on March 9, 2026, as Colonel Oleksandr Dovhach, commander of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade and recipient of the Hero of Ukraine award, was killed while conducting a combat mission on the eastern front. Colonel Dovhach, based in Zhytomyr, had flown hundreds of combat sorties since the full-scale invasion […]













