A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib © Omar Haj Kadour / AFP Citing a Russian Defense Ministry source, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper confirmed the deceased pilot was Filippov. According to the report, he was a former … Continue reading Pilot of downed Russian Su-25 in Syria died fighting on the ground (GRAPHIC VIDEO)