The Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down by the Ukrainian military from Igla MANPADS near Svetlodarsk. The pilot was a mercenary from PMC Wagner.
The SBU has published a video of the interrogation of the pilot of the crashed Russian plane, who turned out to be a mercenary from the Wagner PMC.
In the video, the man said he was able to fight back in just three days. He made his first sortie on June 14, and on the 17th he was brought in.
“Now he is telling the SBU about how he dropped bombs on Ukraine. At the same time, he is trying to justify himself and said that it was just about” attacks on enemy forts, concentration of forces and manpower. “However, when he saw in the video the results of Russia’s strikes in peaceful communities, the occupier lost his self-confidence somewhere and” suddenly “he realized that it was” not a real, unnecessary war, ”the report said.
It was noticed that the captured pilot made 1-2 sorties a day.
“It is recognized that, apart from him, other mercenaries are flying Russian fighters worth more than $ 10 million, and not professional pilots from Russia. Mercenaries receive a salary of 200,000 rubles each. months and additional bonuses for their work, “reported the SBU.
The service also says that the pilot considers the main purpose of his own stay in Ukraine “the work of … providing assistance to the republics of Donbass”, and combat sorties – “private activities.”
Recall, the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down on June 18 from Igla MANPADS by soldiers of the 72nd mechanized brigade near Svetlodarsk.
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Source: korrespondent
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