Filming a movie about a heroic Russian pilot who was killed in Syria

The final stage of filming the movie “Sky” began about the heroic Russian pilot, Oleg Peshkov, from the Russian city of Lipetsk, who died in Syria.

The film will be shown in 2021 in Russian cinemas. Anastasia Tretyakova, a spokeswoman for the Russian film company TriX Media, told the Russian news agency TASS.

She said, “Our film team finished filming the film in the homeland of the pilot Lipetsk. Before that, filming took place at the Russian Hmeimim Air Base in Syria, Moscow and Crimea.

She added that the film was shot with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense. And the actor, Igor Petrenko, played the military pilot. The film stars Ivan Batarev, Sergey Gobanov, Maria Mironova.

It is noteworthy that the pilot, Oleg Peshkov, was killed in Syria on November 24, 2015, after a Turkish fighter jet shot down his “Su-24” bomber in the airspace of Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him the title of Hero of Russia in recognition of the courage he showed in the performance of his military duty. His name is a plane at the “Lipetsk” air center, a street at the Russian “Hmeimim” air base in Syria, and a walkway in the city park of Lipetsk.

Source: TASS