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.

United States President Donald Trump has said up to five fighter jets were shot down during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, which erupted after an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir brought the nuclear-armed neighbours to the cusp of their fifth all-out war, before a ceasefire in May.