“On July 8, Russian military pilot-instructors Evgeny Dolgin and Ryafagat Khabibulin, were conducting a calibration flight on a Syrian Mi-25 (export version of the Mi-24) helicopter loaded with ammunition in the province of Homs,” the official statement from the Ministry of Defense reads.

“The crew received a request from the Syrian command group to help defeat the advancing terrorists and fire for effect. The captain of the aircraft, Ryafagat Khabibullin, made the decision to attack.”

he Ministry of Defense stated that due to the skillful actions of the crew the terrorists were thrown back and the attack had been thwarted.

However, their helicopter was shot down by terrorists as it was turning to head back to the base.

“Having spent their ammunition, while turning back to the base, the helicopter was shot down by terrorists from the ground and crashed in an area controlled by the Syrian government. The crew did not survive,” Russia’s defense ministry said, adding that both pilots will posthumously receive state awards for their actions.

Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, citing a source in the Russian military, that the helicopter had been downed with the aid of an American TOW antitank missile system.

“According to reports, terrorists used the American TOW system to down the helicopter, which, having exhausted its ammunition, was on the course back to the base at an extremely low altitude,” the source is quoted as saying.

Friday’s tragedy puts the number of Russian military casualties in Syria at 10.

In June, serviceman Anton Erygin suffered fatal wounds after falling under militant fire while guarding a Russian center for reconciliation convoy in Homs province.

Earlier in April, Russia paid its respects to Lt. Aleksandr Prokhorenko, who called in artillery fire on his own position after being surrounded by the terrorists near the Syrian city of Palmyra.

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요약: 현지시각 7월 8일 팔미라 근처에서 러시아 헬기 MI-25 가 IS 대원들의 토우 미사일에 맞아서 격추되어서 조종사 2명 사망함. 

시리아군 사령부에서 화력지원 요청을 받고서 Evgeny Dolgin 와 Ryafagat Khabibulin, 두 조종사가 MI-25헬기를 Homs라는 지역에서 무장시킨 후에 출격해서 전진해 오는 테러리스트들을 물리침.

탄약을 다 쓰고 나서 기지로 돌아가려고 기수를 돌리려는 찰나에 IS 테러리스트들이 발사한 TOW 미사일에 맞고서 추락해서 조종사 2명다 사망 하였음.

IS 애덜이 TOW 미사일로 저공 비행하는 헬기 격추시키는 기술은 어디서 배웟는지 궁금하네.

https://www.rt.com/news/350336-isis-russia-helicopter-killed/