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Apparently this general did. And got liquidated.You're too stupid to realise generals don't fly sorties
Retired Russian general’s plane ‘blown out of the skies’ in Ukraine combat mission
Nataliya Vasilyeva
Wed, 25 May 2022, 5:20 am·3-min read
The veteran pilot was known for reckless behaviour and was put on trial for crashing a military jet on an apparent joy ride in 2012
A retired Russian general has reportedly been killed after his plane was shot down over Ukraine, with colleagues saying the 63-year-old returned to the frontlines because he “could not stand aside” from the war.
Kanamat Botashev, who would be the highest profile pilot to die in the conflict so far, was blown out of the skies on the weekend, according to the BBC.
It was unclear how the retired general, a known daredevil, came to be flying an apparent combat mission over Western Ukraine.
On Tuesday Russia announced it would debate abolishing the upper age limit on joining the military, which is currently 40. Moscow has lost about a third of its combat force and at least 190 planes since the war began.
Ukrainian officials said on Sunday that a Russian Su-25 fighter jet had been shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Three former colleagues of Botashev on Tuesday told the BBC’s Russian service that he had died in that attack.
He was known to fly an Su-25.
https://sg.style.yahoo.com/retired-russian-general-plane-blown-192031719.html