The Su-25 pilot who died in Syria reported on the missile that had landed in the attack aircraft


The pilot of the Su-25 attack aircraft, who died in Syria, major Roman Filipov tried to keep the plane in the air until the last and managed to report that he was attacked by a missile, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"On February 3, flying over the de-escalation zone Idlib to control the ceasefire, the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft under the baton of Major Filipov was shot down by terrorists from MANPADS." The pilot tried to keep the plane in the air until the last and managed to report to the command that he was attacked missile, "the report said.

Unequal battle

As noted in the defense department, seriously wounded pilot after landing was surrounded, took the fight and eventually undermined himself with a grenade.

"Landing after a bailout in the vicinity of the village of Tell-Debeb, under the control of terrorists, Major Roman Filipov, until the last minutes of his life, conducted an unequal battle from the regular weapons, not allowing militants." After being surrounded by terrorists, being seriously injured when the distance to the militants was reduced to several tens of meters , a Russian officer blew himself up with a grenade, "the report said.

"Dozens of brilliantly executed combat missions"

The Ministry of Defense also told that Major Filipov was an experienced pilot, not for the first time was on a business trip in the Syrian Arab Republic.

"On the account of Major Roman Filipov in Syria, dozens of brilliantly executed combat missions for the destruction of militants of international terrorist groups and escorting humanitarian convoys of the Russian Center for reconciliation of warring parties in the settlements liberated from terrorists," the report said.

Russian response to terrorists

The death of Filippov was reacted in the Kremlin. As Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary, noted, Russia took decisive action to stop the activity of terrorists in Syria in response to the shot down Su-25.

"When President Vladimir Putin talked about the completion of the active stage of the operation to support the armed forces of Syria in their counter-terrorism work, he said that the remaining and remaining potential of the Russian armed forces at temporary bases is enough to cause a crushing It's precisely about such pinpoint strikes that we are talking about, "Peskov said.

Russia, the spokesman also stressed, is extremely concerned about the presence of MANPADS by terrorists, but calls for caution in statements about their origin.

Smuggling supplies

Earlier, the senator, SVR veteran Igor Morozov told RIA Novosti that the MANPADS from which the Su-25 was shot down could get to the militants through smuggling from a military warehouse in Kalinovka, Vinnytsia region of Ukraine, where a fierce fire occurred in September.

"Of course, without knowing exactly where and how this MANPADS, as well as many other things that terrorists have, go to the territory of Syria, to make any statements, of course, you need to be very careful," he said, Said Peskov.

The head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Shamanov, in turn, said that nothing is known about the origin of MANPADS, which the Russian Su-25 was shot down, because it has not been possible to examine the place of the plane's fall.

"The origin of the MANPADS, which was shot down by the Su-25 VCS of Russia, is still unknown, since the type of MANPAD is not known, for that the Syrian special forces have already broken through there for the third day." Regular troops of Syria are conducting their operation there, "Shamanov said.

Responsibility was taken by terrorists

The Russian Su-25 was shot down on Saturday, February 3, in the Syrian province of Idlib. The pilot catapulted, but died while conducting a battle with terrorists. The Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, together with the Turkish side responsible for the de-escalation zone Idlib, is taking measures to return the body of the Russian pilot.

Responsibility for the downed Su-25 was assumed by the group "Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham" * (formerly known as "Djebhat an Nusra" *). This was reported by SITE, the leading monitoring information activity of extremists.

Similar data appeared on the Al-Arabiya TV channel.

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