Major Prokazin lived in the Poltava region and had over 24 years of flying experience, which saw him promoted from pilot to deputy brigade commander. He was familiar with various types of aircraft and spent a significant part of his service as an instructor, the brigade said. Major Minka lived in Kyiv, and was an "experienced and technically trained pilot in the brigade". "The crews of two L-39 combat trainer aircraft collided in the sky while performing a combat mission," the brigade confirmed. We can now confirm his two colleagues also killed in the collision are are Major Vyacheslav Minka and Major Sergey Prokazin. Yesterday, President Zelenskyy confirmed the name of one of the deceased as Captain Andrew Pilshikov, also known by the callsign "Juice". The three Ukrainian pilots killed in a mid-air collision on Friday have been named by the Vasylkiv Tactical Aviation Brigade.
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