[Video] Russian troops fire shots over the heads of Ukrainian air force personnel

March 4, 2014 Russia, Troubled Areas

David Cenciotti

Russian troops fire shots over the heads of Ukrainian air force personnel near occupied airport Belbek Crimea.

This video shows the tense moment Russian troops met Ukrainian Air Force soldiers near the occupied airfield of Belbek, in Crimea.

“Are you going to shoot us?”… We carry the soviet flag…You would shoot the soviet flag” can be heard according to the translation provided by some media outlets.

H/T to Giuliano Ranieri for the heads-up

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.