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Tahrir al-Sham released a post on social media quoting a commander in charge of its air raids as saying one of its militants had hit Russian SU-25 during an "air raid" over the city of Saraqeb in the northwestern province of Idlib.

"When patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone, a Russian Su-25 aircraft crashed... According to the preliminary information, the jet was shot down from a man-portable air-defense system," Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Russian warplane was downed by a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft rocket, according to the Russian defense ministry. Moscow is very interested in establishing how exactly the weapon system got into the hands of the militant group responsible for attack, Russian MP Vikotor Volodarsky told RIA Novosti.

"The group that had the MANPAD has been destroyed by the Russian Air Force. Now the Syrian commandos are working on the ground. If they find elements of that launcher, we could trace its serial number and establish its origin to the factory in a few days, find out how it got there," the Russian MP said. He added Russian planes are providing air support to the Syrian troops.

Major Filippov managed to notify of his coordinates back to the airbase in Khemeymim, after which he fired at the approaching jihadists from an automatic pistol Stechkin (APS). He was wounded and surrounded when he decided to blow up a hand grenade so as not to be captured by the enemy.

Major Roman Filippov

The deceased Hero was considered one of the best pilots of Russian assault aviation.

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The US readiness to use its nuclear arsenal against Russia pre-emptively is nothing but an "attempt to question [Moscow's] right for self-defense against an aggression in a situation that is critical for the very existence of the Russian state," the statement said.

The NPR de facto allows the US strategists "to treat almost any use of military force as a reason for carrying out a nuclear strike against those deemed aggressors," it said.

The US also plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal by developing new, low-power nuclear munitions. The possession of such weapons coupled with a doctrine stating the right to a pre-emptive strike drastically increases the risk of a nuclear war even in "low-intensity conflicts," the Russian ministry said.

Moscow also expressed its concern over the fact that the US maintains and upgrades its tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, deploying them "in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders." It also criticized the practice of the NATO "joint nuclear missions" that allow non-nuclear weapon member states of the Alliance to take part in planning and training in the use of nuclear weapons. This constitutes a "major violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)," the statement said.

It also noted that the US does not even mention its own obligations under the NPT, but instead speaks about the need to "contain" Russia by using the joint nuclear arsenal of all NATO nuclear-armed states. The ministry [...] also accused Washington of "irresponsible actions" that have led to the "unbalancing of the [international] arms control mechanism."

The administration of US President Donald Trump released the new Nuclear Posture Review on Friday. The document contains an expansion of scenarios in which nuclear threats would be considered and lists non-nuclear attacks that could be regarded as a sufficient basis for a nuclear response.