Vladimir Putin has unleashed his ‘angels of deaths’ – newly graduated women military pilots now in the Russian air force.

The pilots were seen at a weekend passing out parade in Krasnodar after they had qualified from Serov Higher Military Aviation School.

The newly mobilised women are trained in using strategic nuclear bomber and transport planes.

Putin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu said the female pilots were ‘gloriously’ continuing a tradition.

He said: ‘You are a reference point and an example for those girls who will follow you.’

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