6 hours agoThe Russian pilot lost 30 years ago in Afghanistan wants to return to his homeland.
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The veterans' military group says a person who had crashed from his plane in Afghanistan wants to return to his hometown, Russia. A Russian pilot who was lost during the time when the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan was found alive and he wants to return home, according to [...]
A Russian pilot who was lost during the time when the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan was found alive and he wants to return home, according to a group of veterans.
He's still alive. It's incredible. Now he needs help”, said the head of the Russian parading, Valery Votrotin.
Vostrain, who heads the Russian side of a Russian-American joint commission to prisoners of war and missing soldiers in action, refused to identify the pilot for confidential reasons.
The missing Russian plane was shot in 1987, and now it's supposed to be 60 years, reports The Guardian”, Periscope broadcast.
It is claimed that the pilot may be in Pakistan, Afghanistan has a camp for prisoners of war.
“RIA Novosti” reports that 125 Soviet planes had crashed in Afghanistan during 1979 and 1989. When Soviet troops withdrew in 1989, about 300 soldiers were listed as missing. Since then, 30 have been found returning to their homes./Periscopi/
