The first Western-supplied F-16s fighter jet crashed and killed its pilot Oleksiy “Moonfish” Mes on August 26, but there is confusion over how it happened. Kyiv denied that it was brought down by Russian air defences; the fighter was initially reported to have crashed, according to Ukraine’s Defence Ministry. “A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet was destroyed in a plane crash on Monday, a US official said, just weeks after the first US-made aircraft arrived in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, Ukrainian lawmaker Maryana Bezuglaya claimed that the jet had been brought down by friendl…