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Russian Pilots Executed While Parachuting: Turkish Media [18+ video]
Russian Pilots Executed While Parachuting: Turkish Media | Zero Hedge
If Putin was angry when Turkey shot down a Russian plane, which may or
may not have crossed Turkish territory – reports on both sides are
conflicting – he will be absolutely livid to learn that, according to
Turkey’s Dogan News, the Russian pilots who had parachuted in an attempt
to save their lives after the plane was shot down, had been executed
while parachuting down by local rebels, which considering the video released earlier belong
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-24/us-backed-rebels-release-video-dead-russian-pilot
There are competing accounts as to what led to the “incident”:
Russia: “So far, we have not heard the reason for the crash of our attack aircraft from the Defense Ministry. We know for sure that the aircraft was in Syrian airspace, over the territory of Syria,”
Turkey: “We warned them to avoid entering Turkish airspace before they did, and we warned them many times. Our findings show clearly that Turkish airspace was violated multiple times. And they violated it knowingly.”
Here’s the official statement from the Russian Defense Ministry (note they say it was shot down from the ground):
Today an aircraft from the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic crashed on the territory of Syria supposedly shot down from the ground.
The aircraft was flying at the altitude of 6 000 metres. The status of the Russian pilots is being defined.
According to the preliminary data, the pilots managed to eject from the warplane.
The circumstances of the crash are being defined.
During all the flight time, the aircraft was flying only within the borders of the Syrian territory. That was registered by objective monitoring data.
So, as The Kremlin contemplates how best to respond to what is quite clearly the most serious escalation to date in Syria’s multi-sided, five-year civil war, the search is on for the two Russian pilots who ejected as the plane went down. Needless to say, just about the last place you want to be running around if you’re a fighter pilot is Syria. But the search for the two men may be a lost cause. According to a video sent to Reuters, by “a Syrian rebel group”, at least one of the pilots is dead.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/11/russian-pilots-executed-while.html
