WERE 'ELIMINATED'? "Turkish Airstrikes in Northern Iraq Kill 19 PKK Fighters"

Is Sputnik news pro-Turkish? I say 'eliminated' at times b/c I'm not an unbiased news outlet, but you don't usually hear it from a mainstream media organization

"
– A total of 19
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters were eliminated by the Turkish Air Force in the Gara area of northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement..."

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612101048393381-turkish-airstrikes-iraq-pkk/