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They F***ing Shot Us Down – Russian Pilot Films Himself After Ejecting (www.kyivpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

It is not exactly clear when and where the video was taken, nor who exactly “they” were. According to a BBC report earlier this year almost 350 Russian fighters, ground attack aircraft and tactical bombers have been shot down over the battlefield during the last two and a half years. These have been by both Ukrainian air defense assets and “friendly fire” incidents.