Pulled pilot 'blew himself up'

moscow - The Russian pilot who was shot down in Syria then blew himself up with a grenade. That is what the Russian Ministry of Defense says, according to news agency TASS, that the major was surrounded by insurgents after his landing.

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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