Syria as a result of a mortar attack killed a Russian military advisor, informed the Ministry of defense of Russia.
This happened on Monday when military garrison where deployed one of the compounds of the Syrian army, was attacked by members of an extremist group “Islamic State” (officially banned in Russia).
“The Russian military adviser in Syria has the task of assisting the Syrian army the development of new weapons supplied in the framework of existing interstate contracts of military-technical cooperation “, – reported in the Defense Ministry
The dead officer was posthumously nominated for the state award, added to the Defense Ministry
Russian exercises.. a military operation in Syria since September 30 last year. According to the Federation Council’s mandate, the operation is carried out by aerospace forces of the country.
Since the beginning of operation of Russian military reported the death came a few times. November 24 Turkish Air Force shot down a bomber Su-24, carrying out military tasks near the Turkish border. According to the Ankara aircraft violated its airspace. Russian authorities say the bomber was in Syrian airspace. The pilots managed to eject, but when landing the pilot Oleg Peshkov was shot by the rebels on the Syrian territory.
If you try to pick up the crew of the downed Su-24 but then lost member of the rescue operation Marine-contractor.
One month earlier from Syria came the news of the death of another contractor, who had served on the Russian air base. 19-year-old Vadim Kostenko as stated in the Ministry of Defence, committed suicide.
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