At the Russian airbase in Syria, Khmeimim immortalized the memory of Hero of Russia Oleg Peshkov, whose Su-24 bomber was shot down by Turkey five years ago. RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that a memorial sign was opened at the aircraft parking, opposite the hangar where Peshkov's plane was stationed. “Lieutenant Colonel Peshkov gave the cause of serving the Fatherland the most precious thing a person has – his life,” said Sergei Kuzovlev, commander of the Russian group in Syria. It is known that now, before flying on missions, pilots will pay tribute to the memory of Peshkov.
The Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber involved in an anti-terrorist operation in Syria on November 24, 2015. Pilot Oleg Peshkov and navigator Konstantin Murakhtin ejected. Murakhtin managed to escape, and Peshkov was shot from the ground by militants when he was in the air over the territory of the Syrian Turkmen. After that, Russia imposed sanctions on Turkey, in particular, banning the import of a number of food products. In June 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret about what had happened, after which Moscow began to gradually remove restrictions. On December 2, 2019, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, referring to the Stockholm organization Nordic Research Monitoring Network, reported that Erdogan personally gave the command to shoot down a Russian Su-24 bomber in the skies over Syria in 2015.
