Russia Ukraine war, page-234980

"while the Pentagon sent queries to the Ukrainian Air Force for a response."
(re a Ukrainian F16)

And deniers say that this is not a US/Russian proxy war!!!

"the U.S. won’t be providing any of its own planes. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have committed to providing Ukraine with more than 60 of them over coming months in what could be a slow trickle of deliveries." Source: AP News)

If this weren't a proxy war, then more likely than not, it would be the
donor country/donor airforce/General Dynamics who would have
sent the query