The pilot of the downed Russian Su-25 catapulted and took the fight. He fired back from Stechkin's automatic pistol-the personal weapons that the pilots of the Russian air group in Syria are equipped with. One store - 20 rounds - the pilot used up completely, the other two empty more than half. The forces were unequal, and in order not to be captured, the pilot blew himself up with a grenade, writes the Directorate 4 Telegram-channel, which monitors the activities of terrorists. Later the militants posted the documents of the pilot of the shot down Su-25SM. On the photo you can see the certificate addressed to Filipov Roman Nikolaevich, a mobile phone, a purse and two documents about the submission of Major Filipov to the state award. The photo shows the pilot's license to the name of Filipov Roman Nikolaevich. In addition to the identification, a button mobile phone, a purse and two unsigned documents on the presentation of the pilot Filipov in the rank of major to the state award. On Sunday, February 3, in the Syrian province of Idlib, a Russian attack aircraft was shot down. Responsibility for the attack on the plane was assumed by the fighters "Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham" ("Jebhat an-Nusra", banned in Russia). The published video does not belong to them, but the group "Jaysh an-Nasr". The news agency Ibaa, controlled by Jebhat an Nusre, issued personnel for its. The death of the Russian pilot became known the day before. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the pilot managed to report that his car was shot down and catapulted. After that, the area from which the Su-25 was shot down was fired by high-precision weapons. More than 30 terrorists of the "Djebhat an Nusra" group banned in Russia have been destroyed. In the place from which the militants fired a missile on the Su-25 VKS RF, a detachment of Syrian special forces.

If he manages to find a portable anti-aircraft missile system used for the attack, it will be known who and under what circumstances the anti-aircraft weapons are transferred into the hands of terrorists, said deputy Viktor Vodolatsky. The issue of the origin of the used MANPADS appeared immediately after it became known about the attack. Earlier in the US, they said that they delivered anti-aircraft missile systems to the armed formations of Syrian Kurds, and it is possible that they could somehow fall into the hands of terrorists, recalls RIA FAN.