UA Forces Shot Down RU Su-34 Fighter-Bomber over Chernihiv. One of the Pilots Dead, Another one Captured

Another combat aircraft of Russia’s invading forces has made its last ever landing in Ukraine. This time around that was a Su-34 bomber fighter shot down in the skies over Chernihiv on Saturday, March 5.

The video below shows the enemy fighter nosing down to the ground after having been hit by an ground-to-air missile.

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Both Russian pilots managed to eject. One of them -- major Krasnoyartsev of the Russian Air and Space Forces -- has been captured. Krasnoyartsev is responsible for bombings in Syria. The photo below shows him standing alongside Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad in Syria.

Photo Krasnoyartsev is seen (standing far right) alongside Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad in Syria.

His co-pilot, identified as major Krivolapov, was less fortunate. Like Krasnoyartsev, Krivolapov had a history of combat operations in Syria.

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