Russian Warplane Shot Down in Syria by Rebels, Defense Ministry Says
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Russian Warplane Shot Down in Syria by Rebels, Defense Ministry Says
3, 2018
MOSCOW — A Russian fighter jet was shot down in a rebel-controlled area of Idlib province in northern Syria on Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, adding
that the pilot survived the initial attack by parachuting from the plane but was killed by members of a militia on the ground.
The Russian Su-25 warplane was patrolling the Idlib area when it was struck by a missile,
launched from an area controlled by rebels, the ministry said in a statement.
In a later statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said
that it used high-precision weapons to kill more than 30 rebel forces in the area where the attack on the Russian aircraft was launched.
FEB. 3, 2018
Moaz al-Shami, a media activist who lives in Idlib province
and who regularly posts video footage from the area, appears in one of the videos and describes the fighters who downed the plane as "heroes," avenging civilians killed in airstrikes by Russian jets.
The rebel-held area where the plane was shot down, in the northwest of Idlib province, is controlled by several different
rebel factions, including the Free Syria Army, Islamist groups and Tahrir al-Sham, an Al Qaeda-affiliated alliance.
Since President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia first ordered his forces to Syria, Russia
has lost four warplanes, four helicopters and about 50 servicemen in the conflict.
3, 2018
MOSCOW — A Russian fighter jet was shot down in a rebel-controlled area of Idlib province in northern Syria on Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, adding
that the pilot survived the initial attack by parachuting from the plane but was killed by members of a militia on the ground.
The Russian Su-25 warplane was patrolling the Idlib area when it was struck by a missile,
launched from an area controlled by rebels, the ministry said in a statement.
In a later statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said
that it used high-precision weapons to kill more than 30 rebel forces in the area where the attack on the Russian aircraft was launched.
FEB. 3, 2018
Moaz al-Shami, a media activist who lives in Idlib province
and who regularly posts video footage from the area, appears in one of the videos and describes the fighters who downed the plane as "heroes," avenging civilians killed in airstrikes by Russian jets.
The rebel-held area where the plane was shot down, in the northwest of Idlib province, is controlled by several different
rebel factions, including the Free Syria Army, Islamist groups and Tahrir al-Sham, an Al Qaeda-affiliated alliance.
Since President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia first ordered his forces to Syria, Russia
has lost four warplanes, four helicopters and about 50 servicemen in the conflict.