BBC reported the death of a Russian soldier in Syria

In Syria, on November 2, 2018, as a result of an accident, a 28-year-old soldier from the Orenburg region Andranik Arustamyan died, the Russian BBC service reports .

The Help of Arustamyan’s death says that at the checkpoint he could not hold the mine barrier, which was due to which there was an explosion of four minutes. Whether someone else died with him, relatives of Arastyamyan do not know.

Earlier, New Gazeta reported that on November 4, in the former building of the Syrian Criminal Police, located on the Damascus-Ez-Zor highway, six Russian troops died. The Ministry of Defense then refused to comment on the information.