The Libyan National Army (LNA) has dismissed a video showing the crash of a MiG-29 fighter jet in the country as untrue.
Brigadier General Khaled Mahjoub, the head of the eastern-based Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Moral Guidance Department, on Wednesday claimed the video was falsified and does not correspond with the reality on ground.
Several news outlets had this week published a video showing the MiG-29 aircraft allegedly crashing on the Libyan territory. The aircraft was reportedly operated by a Russian-speaking pilot.
The person behind the video did not specify the geographical location of the crash.
Its publication is an effort to accuse the LNA of attempting to escalate armed activities, and “it is not true,” Mahjoub stated.
He added that the LNA only responded to attempts to advance in the direction of its positions.
“The battlefront has been calm for some time,” the LNA military official said.
In May, the U.S. Africa Command claimed that Russian war planes, including an MiG-29 fighter, were being used to support military activities in Libya.
The head of the Russian Upper House’s Defense and Security Committee, Viktor Bondarev, has refuted the “Russian-speaking pilot” claims.
