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Syrian rebels shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet in the country’s Idlib province on February 3. Russia's Defense Ministry said the pilot ejected, fought with rebels on the ground and then blew himself up with a grenade as they approached him. It identified the downed pilot as Major Roman Filipov and said he had been posthumously awarded a Hero of Russia medal.In a video statement posted Monday on the Defense Ministry’s Facebook page, Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of Russian forces in Syria, said the Su-25 was flying over the Idlib de-escalation zone for controlling ceasefire regime observance."The Conflict Intelligence Team @CITeam_en
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