Video of Russian General Kanamat Botashov’s last low-flying flight appears before he was shot down

On May 24, a news story stood out from the rest that minute-by-minute warfare between Russia and Ukraine. On that day, the world media reported the death of a Russian air force general after the Su-27 plane he was traveling in was shot down by a Stinger missile launched by Ukrainian forces on the city of Popansa, in the Donbas.

was the general Kanamat Bootshov, and then it was learned that he was the highest-ranking soldier of that force the Kremlin had put on the battlefield since the war began on February 24.

This Saturday a video sequence of a few seconds closed the circle on destiny and how the moments before the death of the 63-year-old Russian soldier.

Major General Kanamat Botashov was part of a two-story formation that They flew low in the Donbass region when its $ 15 million Su-27 plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile.

The video of Bootshov’s last flight was identified by the military analyst Rob Lee after news of his funeral surfaced in the Russian media.

According to the Daily Mail, the 63-year-old fighter pilot had previously retired before returning to his frontline duties. Kanamat Botashev was born in 1959 in Karachay-Cherkessia, graduated from Yeysk Military Aviation College and specialized in fighter-bombers. He went from lieutenant to major general before he was killed in action.

At least 31 Russian military pilots lost their lives in Ukraine, although the number could be higher, according to Western specialists.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, prior to the February invasion, Russia controlled about 7% of the neighboring country’s territory, including the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, and the areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk. On Thursday, Zelensky claimed that Russian forces now they have 20% of the nation.