Russian Fighter shot down !

Russian fighter jet 'is shot down by jubilant Syrian rebels': Pilot ejects and shoots at rebel mob before being killed in defiant last stand after his plane crashed in a ball of flames

Dramatic video shows Sukhoi 25 plummeting out of sky after it was hit in the north-western province of Idlib

Another video then shows jubilant rebels celebrating as the wreckage burns on the ground, releasing smoke

The pilot reportedly managed to eject and parachute to the ground before being captured by the rebels

Rebels later posted images of what they claimed was the his dead body, and his death was then confirmed


Rebel fighters in Syria have shot down a Russian plane using a handheld anti-aircraft missile and killed its pilot when he open fire on them while trying to resist capture.

Dramatic video shows the Sukhoi 25 plummeting out of the sky after it was hit in the north-western province of Idlib.

Another video then shows jubilant rebels celebrating as the wreckage burns on the ground, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the air.

The pilot managed to eject and parachute to the ground before being captured. He was shot and killed when he resisted capture by opening fire from his pistol on the al-Qaeda-linked militants who tried to seize him alive.