Video clips published by European websites showed the downing of a Russian fighter and the capture of its pilot, and it was later discovered that he had previously participated in the bombing of Syrian cities and appeared in a photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has published a video of the downing of his plane over the city of Chernigov.
The European press circulated a clip showing the pilot of the plane after his capture on the tenth day of Russia's war on Ukraine.
According to Ukrainian reports, the Russian pilot was named Krasnoyartsev.
Sources in the Syrian opposition confirmed that he participated in the air operations launched by Moscow in Syria in support of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Glory be to God, he gives time and does not neglect... a Russian pilot bombed, killed and abandoned safe civilians in #Syria, and the generosity of those who owe their survival to the brutality of a machine that killed #Putin against his people.. He applauds him and his president, miserable Arabs..
His fighter fell and was captured by the Ukrainian army,,,... pic.twitter.com /0WftIl7bRl
— Abdullah Al Shayji (@docshayji) March 5, 2022
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Russian bombing in Syria left more than 8,000 civilians, including 2,000 children.
After the capture of the Russian pilot in Ukraine, social media activists circulated pictures in which he appears alongside Putin and Assad at the Hmeimim base, along with other pilots who participated in the Russian bombing of Syria.