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Philodymie Zelensky, Ukraine's president, sacked the commander of the Air Force,

Mikkola Olishuk.

Mr Zelensky did not specify a reason, but the dismissal comes a day after Ukraine

confirmed that an F-16 fighter jet was destroyed and its pilot killed during a Russian missile barrage earlier in the week.

Mr. Olishuk had said that America was helping to investigate the incidents cause.

Ukraine's army had long sought the American-made F-16s.

NATO allies recently supplied a handful as part of an initial batch.

The country had just enough pilots trained to fly them.

The Israel Defence Forces hit the first vehicle of an aid convoy in Gaza, killing at least

four people.

The IDF said that the missile strike had prevented, quote,

armed assailants, who had, quote, seized control of the car

from attacking the convoy.

The American Near East Refugee Aid Agency, the convoy's organizer, said that the lead

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