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The next Russian military died in Syria
In Syria, the next Russian military - Private Contractor Nikita Shevchenko died. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense.
The Shevchenko was stated in Muhafaz Khaleb (Aleppo) a column with food and water for the local civilian population, and at the entrance to a settlement, a home -made bomb embraced by the opponents of the dictator Bashar al -Assad exploded next to his car.
The soldier was seriously injured. Russian military doctors working in Syria tried to save him, but to no avail.
Shevchenko is posthumously presented to the award, imprisoned in the Ministry of Defense.
When exactly the incident with a bomb occurred and how long she lived Shevchenko after a wound, is not specified.
Thus, since the beginning of the open intervention of Moscow in the war in Syria, 15 dead Russian military is already known about. At the same time, the third Russian died in July.
On the 8th in the area of Palmyra, the Islamic State shot down a Mi-25 Assada helicopter , on board the Russian instructors of Ryathagyat Khabibullin and Evgeny Dolgin. It was claimed that the pilots took a circuit of a helicopter with an ammunition when they received a request from Assad from Assad’s troops to hit Mujahideen IS. Russian pilots attacked the Islamists and were shot down by fire from the ground. Both died.
IG distributed a video of the attack on the helicopter.