Bloomberg: more than 200 mercenaries were killed in Syria after a strike by American troops, most of them Russians

During the attack by the US-led coalition in the Syrian village of Hisham on February 7, more than 200 mercenaries were killed, most of them Russians. this Bloomberg reports with reference to Russian and American officials familiar with the situation.

As one of the mercenary commanders told the agency, the number of dead Russians is already five times higher than the official data on Russian losses during the entire operation in Syria (more than 40 people). According to Bloomberg's interlocutor, several dozen mercenaries are now in military hospitals in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The agency clarifies that the mercenaries fought “on the side of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,” but does not indicate whether they belonged to the Wagner PMC.

about the death of Russians in the area of ​​​​the village of Hisham Earlier, a CBS source in the Pentagon reported . The Conflict Intelligence Team has named four Russians believed to have died in the attack. These are Alexey Ladygin from Ryazan, Stanislav Matveev and Igor Kosoturov from the city of Asbest, Sverdlovsk region, as well as Vladimir Loginov. Co-chairman of the Other Russia party Alexander Averin told Mediazona that former National Bolshevik Kirill Ananyev was also among the dead. Novaya Gazeta writes that a total of 13 Russians were killed during the strike, and another 15 were injured.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has no information about people who participated in military operations in Syria not as part of Russian troops.