Assault on the attack aircraft

Syrian rebels in the area of ​​the village of Maasran in Muhafaz Idlib shot down the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft. This was reported by the Directora 4 telegram channel, which monitors the actions of armed groups in Syria.

The group of the Syrian Free Army "Jaysh al-Nasr" published a video that shows a plane flying with a burning wing. After some time, the plane begins to fall, and the pilot catapults.

According to the sources of the Sky News Arabia channel, the plane was shot down by the Earth-Earth-Earth missile. According to the TV channel, the pilot was captured.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense said that the pilot survived during the catapulting, but was killed by militants, Interfax reports . "According to preliminary information, the aircraft is shot down from a portable anti -aircraft missile system, it was reported in the military department. - The Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, together with the Turkish side responsible for the Idlib de -escalation zone, is taken to return the body of the Russian pilot."

Later, the Ministry of Defense said that the positions of the Su-25 militants were struck. “In the area of ​​the Jabhat-An-Nusra Province, the Dzhabhat-An-Nusra Province, from where the missile was launched by a portable anti-aircraft missile system on the Russian Su-25 aircraft, a group stab was launched ,” according to radio intercepts, more than 30 militants were destroyed as a result of the impact.

Until today, it was officially reported that during a military operation in Syria, Russia lost four aircraft and four helicopters.

On Thursday, in Idlib, Jaish Al-Nasr militants fired on the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft . The pilot was able to evade shelling and left the district. On the published video, it was evident how the attack aircraft maneuver, evading the shots from the ground - presumably from anti -aircraft guns.

As noted by Al Masdar News, in Syria, Russian Su-25 repeatedly fell under the shelling of the rebels and militants of the Islamic State. The plane was designed specifically for the direct support of the ground forces on the battlefield; Armored sheathing covering the cockpit provides it with a high level of protection.

On the night of January 6, the Russian air base Khmeimim and the material and technical support point of the Navy in Tartus were attacked by drones . The aircraft were partially shot down by the shell -s anti -aircraft complexes, and partially intercepted by electronic warfare. The Ministry of Defense said the drones were launched from the Idlib de -escalation zone controlled by the "moderate opposition."