‘False story’ — Denmark denies Russian claims of F-16 teacher killed in Kryvyi Rih strike

The Danish Protection Ministry on Jan. 19 denied Russian claims of the loss of life of a Danish F-16 teacher in a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on Jan. 17.

"It is a false story being unfold by the Russian media — most likely with the intention of discrediting Denmark," Danish Protection Minister Troels Lund Poulsen mentioned.

The Russian strike killed 4 folks and injured 14 others, with harm reported to high-rise buildings, homes, automobiles, and an academic establishment.

Russian state information company TASS alleged on Jan. 18 {that a} Danish F-16 teacher was killed in the course of the assault, citing unnamed sources in Russia's safety providers.

Denmark's Protection Ministry dismissed the report as false, emphasizing that no Danish navy personnel have died in Ukraine. Poulsen condemned the disinformation, citing it as a part of broader affect campaigns amid a critical safety scenario.

Denmark, together with the Netherlands, has supplied Ukraine with U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, which have been utilized in air protection operations to counter Russian missile strikes on cities and infrastructure.

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