Kommersant reports citing sources in the Defense Ministry that the helicopter downed Friday, July 8 was a Russian aircraft and two lieutenants, a commander and a pilot were killed in the crash.
The terrorist group produced photos purportedly taken from the dead soldiers’ phones.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is in Tehran to meet with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts.
ISIS appears to have had accurate intelligence on the T4 airbase.
As Russia held a classical concert to celebrate their capture of Palmyra, at least 30 civilians were killed, either by Syrian or Russian air force jets, at a refugee camp near the Turkish border.
US officials have told the Wall Street Journal that Russian artillery units have been deployed near Aleppo as the ‘cessation of hostilities’ that came into partial effect in February collapses with major civilian casualties due to regime air strikes.
This month has seen President Vladimir Putin announcing the withdrawal of the “main part” of the Russian military deployment in Syria and confirming the deaths of five servicemen during the campaign that began on September 30, with the death of another reported independently. But while the Kremlin is presenting this as “mission accomplished,” the military operation is […]
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Live Updates: The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Putin Confirms Deaths of Russian Soldiers in Syria 2016-03-17 19:28:32 At a meeting with Russia’s Armed Forces today, President Vladimir Putin confirmed that four Russian servicemen had died in the war in Syria, Novaya Gazeta reported. During an awards ceremony […]
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