During interrogation of a Russian pilot arrested by Ukrainian forces on June 18, the pilot revealed that he was a mercenary working for the private military company Wagner and that he was paid 200,000 rubles. [approximately $3,500 – ed.] one month. Source: Yurii Butusov, editor-in-chief of censor.net, a Ukrainian online newscast on Facebook Details: The pilot captured is Andrey Fedorchukov, a major in the Russian Air Force. He admitted that he worked for the private military company Wagner and that he was paid 205,000 rubles a month. Excerpt from Butusov: “During the interrogation, Fedorchukov said that the target of his attack was a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the past, he had carried out bombing operations in Ukrainian cities. Fedorchukov hopes that in return understands because he is a mercenary, may not be a party to any prisoner exchange agreements and is therefore subject to punishment for his crimes. It is interesting to note that Russian aircraft have significant navigation problems. “Fedorchukov had with him a Garmin navigator and a smartphone with the Pronebo application installed in it, in order to have more accurate navigation than the navigation devices provided on the aircraft of the Russian Air Force.” Earlier: On June 18, the 72nd Special Mechanized Brigade (named after the Black Zaporozhians) reportedly used a portable Igla air defense system (MANPADS) to shoot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft, which crashed into and Clear. “ The pilot of the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down and captured.
