The Russian Konstantin Murahtin – navigator of the Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down in the skies over Syria, Russian special forces rescued and the Syrian army, he delivered to the base. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a session of the Defense Ministry.
«The operation completed successfully.
Navigator delivered to our base. Alive and well “- quoted by Tass minister.
He said the operation was completed in 3.40 MSK. “I reported the successful completion of the operation commander in chief. He asked me to thank all the personnel who took part in this operation, “- said Shoigu.
The pilot was able to escape from the militants and was later rescued by the Syrian army units. On Wednesday, said Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov in an interview with a local radio station Europe1.
«After the plane was shot down, both pilots ejected, one was wounded while coming down on a parachute, and later on his land finished off jihadists who control the area falling debris machine.
The second was able to escape from his pursuers, and, according to recent reports, it later picked up by the Syrian military, after which they are likely to He was taken to the Russian air base
(in Latakia. – “Times”) “, – the ambassador said.
Earlier, the successful rescue of the pilot told the Lebanese television station “Al-Mayadin”, which referred to its correspondents for the Russian military base in Syria Hmeymim . According to this media, special forces of the Syrian armed forces of the Russian pilot was looking for six hours a territory that has been controlled by insurgents. “Later, special forces soldiers, along with the pilot chosen for two hours on a safe way to the base of the Russian Air Force,” – said the TV channel.
On Tuesday morning, the Turkish military aircraft shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber that performed combat the problem in Syria. According to the Turkish side, he flew into the airspace of the country, and then to intercept it flew two F-16 fighter the Air Force of this country. Ankara says that after a series of warnings Turkish pilot opened fire and shot down a Russian “Drying”. According to the Russian Su-24 did not fly in Turkish airspace and local military knocked it in violation of all norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised not to leave the incident without consequences for the relations between Moscow and Ankara.
The Su-24 were two pilots – crew commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg foot and co-driver Konstantin Murahtin. Their names were mentioned in the decree on awarding signed by Vladimir Putin. “The crew ejected. According to preliminary data, a pilot was killed in the air from the fire on the ground, “- said yesterday the chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff Sergei Rudskoy. As it turned out, the Syrian militants killed Oleg Peshkov.
State falling machine control militants’ Jabal al-Turkman “, which consists of the Syrian Turkmen and collaborates with banned in Russian groups.
Thus, the amount of losses suffered by the Russian army on Tuesday in Syria, was two people.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the eve of search and rescue mission was shot down Russian military-transport helicopter Mi-8, which killed a Marine Pozynich Alexander, who is on board. Needless aircraft made an emergency landing, after which the crew and the other Marines were evacuated. The damaged helicopter was later destroyed by mortar fire fighters.
Military expert, a member of the search and rescue and sabotage operations during the civil war in Yugoslavia Oleg Valetsky believes that assistance to the Syrian special forces in the rescue of the Russian pilot had locals. “The main problem in such operations – knowledge, or rather, lack of knowledge of the terrain. Without the help of the local population to find the pilot in such cases is often problematic. Especially that there is a civil war, and to predict how the supporters of the opposing forces will get the pilot, it is impossible “, – he said. The expert believes that the special forces of the Syrian army, freed by the Russians could rely on the assistance of the Military Counterintelligence Syria. “In this structure, a lot of agents, including among civilians. They could give a signal intelligence officer that found or established the whereabouts of the pilot, and riot police already had information about the area of detection, so his recovery was a matter of technique “- said Valetsky.
The captain downed Su-24 Oleg Peshkov will be awarded the Hero of Russia posthumously star.
state awards will also be awarded to the participants and co-driver rescued the rescue operation. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding the pilots of Su-24 and the search Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Syria. The decree published on the Kremlin website.
«For heroism, courage and bravery shown during the performance of military duty, Lieutenant Colonel Peshkov Oleg was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). For his courage, bravery and selflessness shown during the performance of military duty, Captain Murahtin Konstantin V. and sailor Pozynich Alexander (posthumously) awarded the Order of Courage, “- said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Sergei Shoigu, when he opened a panel Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, paid tribute to the Russian soldiers killed yesterday in Syria, a minute of silence. “On Tuesday, when the combat mission to destroy the infrastructure of the terrorist groups in the Syrian Arab Republic killed our comrades,” – said Shoigu, opening a meeting of the board of the Defense Ministry. He instructed his deputy Nikolai Pankov “to provide all necessary assistance to the families, the children do all the things that we usually do in such cases”, and to report to him.
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