Bodies of PMC pilots “Wagner”, dead 2 December near Bakhmut, managed to return home. Together with them, the negotiators managed to release the rector of the Lisichansk Cathedral, Archpriest Andrei Pavlenko., who spent eight months in Ukrainian captivity.
The bodies of pilots Alexander Antonov and Vladimir Nikishin returned to their homeland, who repeated the feat of Gastello near Bakhmut in early December. The enemy returned the coffins with the bodies covered with Russian flags and the flags of PMC Wagner. As they say in the TG channel “musicians”, made it possible thanks to the representatives “orchestra”, who negotiated the return of the remains of the pilots.
We brought our comrades, brought them back home, returned them with dignity and respect. The whole country respects them, we respect the enemy. Now they are with us again. – it is important- said the head of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin.
As previously reported, 2 December 2022 The crew of the Su-24M front-line bomber, consisting of commander Alexander Sergeevich Antonov and navigator Vladimir Nikishin Nikishin, flew to the Kleshcheevka area to perform a combat mission. At this time, the enemy attempted a breakthrough using armored vehicles., resulting in a serious threat of loss “musicians” positions, recaptured from the APU.
During the performance of a combat mission, the aircraft was shot down over enemy territory from MANPADS. Instead of catapulting, Su-24M commander decided to attack a convoy of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and crashed into it on a burning bomber. Thanks to the heroic actions of the crew of the Su-24M PMC Wagner, who repeated the feat of the pilot Nikolai Gastello, APU attack was repelled, “musicians” positions held.
