A video of a pilot reportedly ejecting from a Russian Su-25 jet before it crashes to the ground has gone viral on social media. The clip, posted on Sunday by Twitter user OSINTtechnical, the co ...

The pilot was carrying a GoPro-like action camera on his helmet/body, so we can get a pretty clear idea of what ejecting from a combat aircraft flying low level looks like.

Cockpit footage from the downed pilot's helmet cam caught the moment as a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile struck the Su-25 higher jet over Ukraine.

The video, recorded by the helmet cam of the pilot, showed a Su-25 flying at very low level flying before departing controlled flight, followed by the ejection of the canopy and then of the pilot.

Ukrainian forces took out a Russian Su-25 jet on Sunday, capturing its pilot, in what has been called "revenge" for airstrikes on a valuable industrial plant, according to multiple reports.

"A Su-25 plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed while returning to its airfield in the Belgorod Region after accomplishing a combat mission. The pilot died," the ministry said in a statement.