In the Palmirian sky

Two Russian military instructors killed the Palmyra district, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense. The Syrian Mi-25 helicopter (export version of the Mi-24) under their management was beaten by militants of the Islamic State.

On Friday, a large detachment of IS militants attacked the positions of the Syrian troops east of Palmyra. Having broken through the defense, the terrorists could capture the dominant heights, the Ministry of Defense reported. At this time, Russian military instructors Ryafagyat Khabibullin and Evgeny Dolgin took a circle of Syrian helicopter with ammunition.

"The crew received a request from the Syrian command of the group for fire defeat of the advancing militants. The commander of the crew of rubbing (as the Ministry of Defense was transcribed by the name of the deceased. - Ed.) Khabibullin decided to attack terrorists. The competitive actions of the Russian crew were torn off. The reverse course, the helicopter was shot by terrorists from the ground and fell in the area under the control of the Syrian government army.

Russian military pilots are represented by the command to high state awards, the Ministry of Defense noted.

Meanwhile, a video of the death of the MI-25 appeared on the network. As the American company Site Intelligence Group reports , AMAQ news agency was distributed - the official resource of the IG.

Thus, to date, the 14 Russian troops died in Syria.

In April, in the Khoms area, the results of the disaster were the crew of the Mi -28N - Andrey Okladnikov and Viktor Pankov. According to the Ministry of Defense, there was no fire influence on the helicopter. "The flight was performed over a low-oriented area in the conditions of almost complete darkness. The pilots piloted a combat vehicle with night vision glasses. It is possible that there could be some obstacle to the flight route that a helicopter encountered," a source in the military-industrial complex said. During the search and rescue works of the bodies of the dead pilots, they were evacuated to the Khmeimim air base.