BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:50 P.M.) – The Islamist rebels released video this afternoon that confirmed the death of the Russian pilot that was shot down over the Idlib countryside. In the video, several Islamists head towards the pilot’s body in the Idlib countryside and as they encounter the fallen airman, they yell insults at him. The group claiming to have shot down the Russian Su-25 jet was the Islamist group, Jaysh Al-Nasr, which is a group that was formerly armed by the U.S. military.
Below is the video that was released by the Islamist rebels that shows the dead Russian pilot – viewer discretion is advised:
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Update:
“The Syrian Special Forces are conducting a military operation in the area, where the day before a Russian Su-25 was shot down by the Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group, killing its pilot.
“The [Russian] air forces destroyed the [terrorist] unit, which fired the MANPADs, … at the present moment the Syrian Special Forces are working in the area. And if the elements of this MANPAD are found, then by their manufacture numbers and by origin, in the nearest future we will know where these MANPADs came from,” Russian government party member Viktor Vodolatsky stated, citing his sources.
According to the lawmaker, the Russian air defense are maintaining close air-support for the offensive.”
Like with the mortar and drone attacks on the Russian air Base, this shoot down stinks of direct israeloamerican involvement. I think the Russians are sure of that.