A US-made F-16 fighter jet was reportedly shot down in the Zaporizhzhia region while preparing for a missile strike, according to Russian news agency TASS. This marks one of the first reported losses of NATO-supplied jets in active combat,

As reported by Tass on Friday, Sergei Shmotyev, director of the Russian company Fores, has promised to shell out 15 million rubles, or around $145,000, "for the destruction of the first American F-16 fighter in the zone of a special military operation."

Russia has reportedly downed a US-made F-16 in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, claiming the jet was targeting the region before being intercepted. This marks one of the first NATO-supplied fighter jet losses in active combat,

Vladimir Putin says Russia is 'striving' to end the conflict in Ukraine. The Russian President said the Government was prepared to use intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missiles or to use more powerful intermediate-range weapons.