In fact, planes were being shot out of the air. Five, five, four or five, but I think five jets were shot down actually,” Trump said, referring to the brief but high-stakes military exchange between India and Pakistan.

Pakistan claimed it downed five Indian planes in air-to-air combat. India also claimed it downed "a few planes" of Pakistan. But Islamabad denied suffering any losses of planes.

US President Donald Trump said five jets may have been shot down during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, and reiterated that his administration used trade pressure to broker a ceasefire between the two sides,