Pulled pilot blew himself up

The Russian pilot who was shot down in Syria then blew himself up with a grenade.

The pilot used his ejection chair last weekend. He had reported that his jet was hit by a rocket above Idlib. The man would then have landed at a village owned by insurgents.

'He fought until the last moments of his life with a handgun against the terrorists,' TASS quoted from a statement from the ministry. 'The pilot blew himself up with a grenade when he was badly injured and the terrorists had surrounded him. '

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