Air Marshal Bharti, responding to reports carried in international media, about Rafale fighter jet downed during Operation Sindoor, neither denied not confirmed the claims. He, instead, saud that “losses are a part of any combat scenario.

Pakistan said it shot down five Indian fighter jets, which it identified as French- and Russian-origin fighter aircraft.

India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are now calling it a de facto war.