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Captured drone instead the fall of pilot Konstantin Murakhtin in 2015, when the Su-24M was shot down by a Turkish fighter. He survived, evacuated by Syrian special forces.
The rescue group had to fight its way to the Russian army through territory occupied by militants. VGTRK has published footage of the pilot's rescue. The video was published by the “Alexander Rogatkin Author's Program” on Youtube.
The footage shows the consequences of the crash of the Su-24M. His commander Oleg Peshkov was killed by gunfire. The footage shows anti-aircraft gunmen firing at the forest. Navigator Murakhtin parachuted into her at that moment.
The pilots landed on an area that was literally crowded with militants. There were about two dozen pickups in the navigator's airfield.
On the 24th. November 2015, Turkish fighters shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber. Ankara then accused Russia of violating its airspace. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation later stated that the Russian plane was shot down over Syrian territory and did not enter Turkish airspace. After that, relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated sharply. Russia has introduced special economic measures against Turkey. Subsequently, Turkish President Recep Erdogan apologized for Pesek's death. These actions reconciled Moscow and Ankara.