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.

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.

Addressing the media in the first detailed briefing since the ceasefire was declared, Air Marshal A.K. Bharti confirmed that Pakistani fighter aircraft attempting to breach Indian airspace had been intercepted and repelled, during the Operation.