Posted on 08/01/2016 9:30:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by ground fire in Syria following delivery of humanitarian supplies to Aleppo, the Defense Ministry said. Three crew and two officers from Russia's Reconciliation Center died, according to a Kremlin statement.
The Russian military transport Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday over an area controlled by Al-Nusra Front, Russia’s General Staff said.
“The helicopter was hit from the ground in an area under control of the armed units of Al-Nusra Front terrorist group and the troops of the so-called ‘moderate opposition’ who joined them,” General Sergey Rudskoy, chief of the main operations department of the Russian General Staff, said.
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Bet the anti-aircraft missiles were supplied by Hillary’s Benghazi operation or more recent US shipments.
“Aid mission” in Russian translates to “bombing and strafing mission”.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’m eagerly awaiting Putin’s response.
Could get interesting. Didn't Putin park some smaller mobile nukes along the Russian border recently?
Whatever it is, it won’t be formulated on a golf course............................
+memory eternal+
The cockroaches have already dragged the body of the pilot through their filthy backyard.
Time to turn the entire region to glass.
eh, eh , eh
These particular head-cutting terrorists are supported by the CIA.
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