
Major Serhiy Bondar, deputy squadron commander of Ukraine's 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade and a MiG-29 pilot, died in a crash during a landing attempt following a combat mission on August 23, 2025. Bondar, who was also an instructor at the National Aviation University at the time of Russia's full-scale invasion, was 45 years old. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation. Bondar was part of Ukraine's elite “Ghost of Kyiv” brigade.
Prigozhin expected to die days before his jet exploded in Aug 2023, The Guardian. He told this to his mother two months after Wagner’s failed march on Moscow. 1/ https://t.co/Q0HCSZBz0h
🚨 UKRAINIAN SKY WARRIOR FALLS: MIG-29 PILOT DIES IN POST-MISSION CRASH Major Serhiy Bondar, deputy squadron commander of Ukraine’s elite “Ghost of Kyiv” brigade, was killed in a fiery MiG-29 crash while attempting to land after a combat mission on August 23. The 45-year-old https://t.co/P3fDZU3Zpw
Ukraine lost a MiG-29 pilot this morning. Major Serhiy Bondar was a deputy squadron commander in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade. Having ended his career as a fighter pilot, he taught at the National Aviation University at the time of Russia’s full-scale invasion. He https://t.co/YeAAv91ICN




