More Than 10,000 People Came To Pay Last Respects To Hero Of Russia, Oleg Peshkov

More than 10,000 people came to pay last respects to Oleg Peshkov on Wednesday, pilot of the Russian Su-24 bomber downed in Syria by Turkey’s air force on November 24. The funeral took place in his hometown of Lipetsk, attended by Viktor Bondarev, commander-in-chief of Russia’s Aerospace Forces, who had presented the Hero of Russia star to the airman’s widow on Tuesday. Bondarev said Peshkov had been killed “by a treacherous strike in the back by Turkey’s air force and leadership”. The 45-year-old pilot’s body was brought to Russia on November 30.