Ukraine war: Second Russian 'pensioner pilot' is shot down and killed

Second ‘pensioner pilot’ to come out of retirement for Putin is shot down in Ukraine: Air force colonel, 63, is ‘hit by friendly fire’ while flying for private military backing the invasion

• Nikolai Markov, 63, a former Russian air force colonel, shot down in Luhansk
• He was flying an Su-25 bomber close to the ground when it was blown up 
• Markov had retired , but returned to battle for a private military company
• Comes after Major General Kanamat Botashev, and retired fighter pilot,…