Russia confirms Syrian militants shot down fighter jet, killed pilot

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Russia confirms Syrian militants shot down fighter jet, killed pilot

A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. Rebel fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province and captured its pilot, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP / Omar Haj Kadour

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Russian pilot has been killed by Syrian militants after ejecting from his fighter jet when it was shot down near Idlib in northwestern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed Saturday evening.

A Syrian militant, who refused to give his name, told AP the Russian pilot had landed alive, but was killed while resisting capture by rebels, opening fire on them with his handgun.

Several unverified videos are circulating on social media claiming to show the wreckage of a Soviet-made Su-25 jet and the bloodied body of the Russian pilot. One of the gunmen surrounding the body shouts: “He is Russian.”

Read more at: http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/030220183

Looks like this happened, not sure who else is reporting it yet.  A lot of times, these reports are false but this looks viable.

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Their version of an A-10, probably hit with a Grail or Igla.