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A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down near Toretsk using a man-portable air defense system. Footage of the incident has been shared by Ukrainian sources. (at 02: closeup past tree line)
A search-and-rescue team arriving by helicopter came under attack from FPV drones. A Mi-8 helicopter was forced to withdraw from the danger zone but later returned to extract special forces personnel and the Su-25 pilot, who reportedly ejected and survived.
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The enemy shot down our Su-25: footage of the heroic operation to rescue a pilot under enemy fire
▪️The video shows the moment the Su-25 attack aircraft crashed near the village of Zaitsevo in the Dzerzhinsky (Toretsky) direction.
▪️The combat aircraft was shot down by a MANPAD, the Ukrainian Armed Forces claim.
▪️Our pilot successfully ejected and a rescue team arrived at the site of his landing.
▪️At the moment of landing, the Mi-8 helicopter was attacked by three enemy FPV drones at once.
▪️But they were unable to destroy the helicopter and the group, and the helicopter was able to fly away with the rescued pilot.





