03feb2018 Syria: Russian Su-25 shot down by missile

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03feb2018 Syria: Russian Su-25 shot down by missile

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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18 ... n-in-syria
has the story.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7G92t2MXBY
..as far as I can tell the video above only show remnants of aircraft,
this clip should be "clean", therefore... :|

The Sukhoi Su-25 on fire, going down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonZpkqt7Wo
...and indeed, that is a clip of Russia Today...

It is not certain the Sukhoi Su-25 pilot is still alive this evening. :|

Russia Today again:
https://www.rt.com/news/417799-russia-m ... militants/
Russian military planes have targeted the Al-Nusra-controlled area of Syria’s Idlib province where a Su-25 jet was earlier downed by militants, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
Non-Russian centred media:
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18 ... n-in-syria
/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42932616
A Russian Sukhoi-25 fighter jet has been shot down in a rebel-held area in Syria's north-western province of Idlib.

The Russian defence ministry said the pilot had ejected but was killed in a ground fight.

Video posted on social media appeared to show the plane being hit, while other video showed burning wreckage on the ground, with a red star on a wing.

Russia has acted alongside its Syrian allies targeting rebels in the area.

Syrian government troops launched a major offensive around Idlib in late December, backed by Russian jets. The UN says some 100,000 civilians have been displaced.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said there had been dozens of Russian air strikes in the area over the past 24 hours.

Russia's defence ministry said the pilot had survived the crash but was killed by "terrorists" on the ground. It said it was making all possible efforts to retrieve the body.

There are several reports that Russia has now fired cruise missiles into Idlib province from navy vessels in the Mediterranean.

It is not yet known which group shot the plane down. One social media video posting showed a body said to be that of the pilot.

However, the Russian defence ministry said the plane had come down in an area controlled by the al-Qaeda linked jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
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Re: 03feb2018 Syria: Russian Su-25 shot down by missile

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Epic - or Ironic, if the Su-25 was shot down by a Russian manpad
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Re: 03feb2018 Syria: Russian Su-25 shot down by missile

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tomcat604 wrote:Epic - or Ironic, if the Su-25 was shot down by a Russian manpad
According to the Russian MoD: "It is possible that Chinese made FN-6 MANPADS & gun fire was used to bring down the aircraft above Idlib, Syria earlier today."
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