Ukraine-Russia war: Why was Ukraine's air force commander sacked?

Ukraine's air force commander has been dismissed by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an F-16 crash earlier this week, that an MP claimed was "friendly fire".

Our security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke gives his analysis of president Zelenskyy's decision, as well as what's happening on the ground in both Ukraine and Russia.

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[silviualbisoru]

Now the narrative goes from crashed to destroyed 😂

[Finesser-]

A Russian shovel hit the F-16, that’s why it’s classified

[ntsejfamyaj]

I'm guessing potentially friendly fire is the reason he got fired.

[ntambi]

So f-16 is important than human dying on front lines

[rakeshsv]

When zelensky dismiss general : President can dismiss generals
When Russia dismiss general: because Russias failure in the front.
🤦🤦‍♂️

[TheMightyKingzuru]

It's hard to accept that an old rusty shovel brought down such an advanced wonder fighter jet.

[gayan]

I get a feeling that more than one F16 was destroyed here.

[reza]

If it was a pilot error, why didn’t he eject on the last moments?! The jet doesn’t free file in fraction of a second it takes minutes to go down

[Tekton]

Something ain't quite right with the Kiev regime.

[habibsumani]

Putin has already said. The F-16 will not change anything. Interesting times ahead.

[NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Comments not allowed on “Notting Hill Carnival”?

[id.aboubakr]

Given the presence of western intelligence and defense personel in Ukraine, the idea that Ukraine can keep an offensive secret from its allies is just difficult for me to believe

[mickser]

Just admit it Clarke. The F-16 was shot down by a Patriot air defense missile. Friendly fire

[cmanlovespancakes]

Well this is a significant loss for Ukraine. They a have limited amount of trained pilots. Now they lost one of their best to a friendly fire incident which is why the commander was sacked. Now Ukraine is down to 5 pilots and aircraft.more are on the way finishing up training but they are still months out before a replacement is available.

[daviddunning]

Why, because the war is going so well, according to Sky .

[AndydeQok]

I sense the narrative is slowly starting to reflect the reality facing 🇺🇦 and the Elensky regime

[larseriksson]

F16 is a super fighter jet against people walking in sandals on flat terrain.

[michaeldarling]

He wouldn't be sacked for losing an aircraft.

[melweconsultancy]

He was terminated because of Russia's shovels hitting his F16 aircraft. 😂😂😂😂😂

[samtheresearcher]

"Zelensky can do no wrong"...we live to see.