Igor Bedzai was on the crew of a Mi-14 naval helicopter hit by a Russian fighter missile.
Colonel Igor Bedzai, Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for Aviation, died on a combat mission. This was announced on Monday, May 9, by Come Back Alive Foundation director Taras Chmut.
He noted that Bedzai was part of the crew of the Mi-14 naval helicopter, which was hit by a Russian fighter missile.
“One of the best officers of the Naval Forces, Colonel Igor Bedzai, the Navy’s deputy commander for aviation, died in the Ukrainian sky. He is better known as the former commander of the 10th Naval Aviation Brigade from Novofedorovka, nearby in Sak, Crimea, ”he said.
As Chmut noted, in 2014, Colonel Bezdai was “almost the only one from the entire fleet command who showed leadership and determination.”
“While everyone was waiting for the fabricated” commands from Kyiv “, he organized the crew, prepared the equipment and, in the presence of the occupiers, reached all available aircraft in the continental part of Ukraine And the next day, he repeated it to the one who could not fly on the first day, ” – he stressed, adding that thanks to the leadership of Igor Bezdai, Ukraine has maintained Naval Aviation.
Earlier, British intelligence reported that the Russian Federation was running out of precision-guided missiles.
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Source: korrespondent
