Il pilota dell’aeronautica militare ucraina Oleksii Mes muore difendendo il Paese. “Ha combattuto eroicamente la sua ultima battaglia nel cielo. Il 26 agosto, Oleksii ha distrutto 3 missili da crociera e 1 UAV mentre respingeva un massiccio attacco combinato aereo e missilistico russo”, ha affermato l’aeronautica militare delle forze armate dell’Ucraina

Rip Hero!

Ukrainian Telegram says he was flying an F16, is that confirmed? They also say it was a patriot that shot him down due to miss communication.

Eternal memory 🕯️🇺🇦

Вічная памʼять!

# High Flight

By [John Gillespie Magee Jr.](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-gillespie-magee-jr)

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,

I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air ….

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Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—

And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

There’s not much that makes me sad in this world….apart from this…good people doing good things and not coming back….that makes me sad and angry 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🫶🏻🙏