🔴 Ukraine War - Russian Su-25 Frogfoot Survives After Being Hit by Ukrainian MANPADS Missile

A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was hit by a missile from a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) fired from the ground by Ukrainian troops in the Kherson area. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, The pilot of the damaged aircraft decided to turn off the damaged engine and not leave the aircraft. The pilot of the leading (first) plane, Lieutenant Colonel Denis Litvinov, rebuilt, and realizing that the comrade’s plane could not withstand a second missile hit, he covered it with his own plane. The pilot of the second aircraft visually detected the launch of the second rocket and, firing off heat traps, managed to divert the rocket to the side. (This described scenario matches the footage at 45 sec which is captured by a civilian)