Dramatic Top Gun-style video shows Ukrainian fighter jet dodging Russian plane’s missile lock in deadly dogfight

DRAMATIC Top Gun-style footage shows a Ukrainian jet narrowly dodging a Russian missile lock during a deadly mid-air dogfight. The cockpit clip, shared on social media, shows the pilot performing elaborate manoeuvres as he tries to avoid the rockets launched by Russian forces. Twitter/@UAWeaponsThe pilot can be seen flying over Donbas[/caption] Twitter/@UAWeaponsHe then quickly performs a series of manoeuvres trying to avoid the hit[/caption] Twitter/@UAWeaponsHe narrowly missed the trees as he tilts the aircraft[/caption] The Soviet-designed Su-25 fighter jet can be seen flying over a road over the eastern Donbas region. Suddenly the pilot’s radar is flashing, suggesting he has been targeted, warning him of an imminent Russian attack. The pilot then starts twisting and turning over the green fields in a bid to escape the hit. He performs a series of complex manoeuvres swiftly tilting left and right at high speeds. READ MORE ON UKRAINE MAD VLAD Putin suffers TWO HUGE blows after Russian colonels killed in Ukraine SINKING FEELING Russia fits ships with anti-air defences in fear of Brit Harpoon missiles At some point, he gets dangerously close to the ground with the aircraft’s wing even grazing the trees below. For a few seconds, the video shows the wreckage of military vehicles on the battlefield. The pilot was eventually able to escape before the Russian rocket was launched. Ukrainian pilots have previously flown dangerously close to the ground to evade Russian missiles. Most read in The Sun IN IT TO WIN IT Liverpool 'agree terms with Darwin Nunez' but Man Utd launch late bid 'HE'S A PREDATOR' Comic Katherine Ryan 'confronted sex pest' on popular TV programme NOT A LOTTO! UK's record £184m lottery winners make first big purchase - a £38k used Volvo 'poor toyah' Corrie fans say the same thing as Leanne realises Toyah killed Imran 'BAD ATTITUDE' Love Island's Gemma Owen's family take drastic measures to save her career ISLAND HELL I went on Love Island and ended up addicted to drugs & in abusive relationship There have been more videos showing dogfights over Ukraine with reports of pilots clipping electricity cables over Kyiv at the start of the war reports the Telegraph. Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to pound the city of Sievierodonetsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the battle could determine the fate of the Donbas. Ukrainian forces still hold the industrial zone and adjacent areas in Sievierodonetsk and the situation is “difficult but manageable”, but evacuating 10,000 remaining civilians is now impossible, Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said. Read More on The Sun REST EASY Flight attendant's top hotel safety tip - and you only need a piece of loo roll NOT IN MY YARD I’m furious after the council sold my garden to my neighbours behind my back Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that up to 100 Ukrainian troops are being killed every day. But western-supplied artillery systems are already making a difference on the ground for Ukraine and it is “just a question of time” before its forces win back significant ground in the south, the governor of the Mykolaiv region said. APThe pilot was able to escape before the Russian rocket was launched[/caption] Help those fleeing conflict with The Sun’s Ukraine Fund PICTURES of women and children fleeing the horror of Ukraine’s devastated towns and cities have moved Sun readers to tears. Many of you want to help the five million caught in the chaos — and now you can, by donating to The Sun’s Ukraine Fund. Give as little as £3 or as much as you can afford and every penny will be donated to the Red Cross on the ground helping women, children, the old, the infirm and the wounded. Donate here to help The Sun’s fund Or text to 70141 from UK mobiles £3 — text SUN£3£5 — text SUN£5£10 — text SUN£10 Texts cost your chosen donation amount (e.g. £5) +1 standard message (we receive 100%). For full T&Cs visit redcross.org.uk/mobile The Ukraine Crisis Appeal will support people in areas currently affected and those potentially affected in the future by the crisis. In the unlikely event that the British Red Cross raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent, any surplus funds will be used to help them prepare for and respond to other humanitarian disasters anywhere in the world. For more information visit https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/disaster-fund