Russian General Asapov was killed in Syria

Lieutenant General Valery Asapov, who headed a group of Russian military advisers in Syria, was killed in the area of ​​Deir Ez-Zor. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

The forces of the Union Russia of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad have recently continued the battles for Deir ez-Zor, trying to knock out the Islamic State from there. Approved, Asapov was at the command post, "providing assistance to the Syrian commanders" in the operation of the operation, when the Islamists suddenly began a mortar shelling. As a result of the gap of one of the mines, the Russian general was mortally wounded.

The murdered is presented to a certain "high state award."

Meanwhile, on the Moscow traffic police instagram, it is stated that at the time of shelling at the command post were only Asapov and the translator. “Everyone says, on a tip,” the publication claims.

This post also specifies that the incident occurred on Saturday, September 23.

51-year-old Asapov previously participated in both Chechen wars. At the beginning of last year, in the rank of Major General commanded the 68th Army Corps in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. From this position in March 2016, he was transferred to Donetsk, occupied by militants, where, under the pseudonym, Primakov accepted the command of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR Ministry of Defense. In April of the same year, he led the battles with Ukrainian troops in the Avdeevka and Yasinovataya area.