Syria News 15 August 2019 year. The pilot of the downed Su-22 was captured, attacks on terrorist positions stopped

The latest news of the fighting in Syria on August 15, 2019

The pilot of the downed Su-22 was captured

About a day ago, the Syrian terrorists, using the 23-mm. An anti-aircraft gun mounted in the back of a pickup was able to hit the Syrian fighter-bomber Su-22, which was carrying out strikes on the city of Khan Sheikhun, which was supposed to be taken by storm over the next few days. Despite the fact. that the pilot managed to eject and successfully avoid the initial capture of the militants, it became known that later the terrorists were still able to track him down and capture him.

At the moment, no official confirmation from the Ministry of Defense of Syria has been made in this regard, however, the terrorists have provided a video on which specialists identified the colonel of the Syrian Air Force.

According to some reports, the terrorists intend to exchange the captive pilot for previously captured militants, but so far there is no official confirmation of this from the Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham (terrorist group banned in Russia - approx. Ed.).

Attack on the militants stopped

In connection with the destruction by terrorists of the Syrian fighter-bomber Su-22, the flights of the Syrian military aircraft were abruptly suspended - flights are carried out only in case of detection of large formations of militants, and the latter are trying to conduct counterattacks

Terrorist media sources report that the militants used a jihad mobile, controlled by a suicide bomber, to attack the positions of the Syrian Arab Army (CAA) units in the area of ​​Sukayk. pic.twitter.com/A3Thx3IW0v

- SwankyStas (@StasSwanky) August 15

Nevertheless, the CAA ground forces are pulling heavy weapons into the northern part of Hama and the southern part of Idlib, which obviously indicates that the offensive will continue in the near future.