Died in Syria, another Russian officer

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В Сирии погиб еще один российский офицерRussia officially acknowledged the death of one more military in Syria.

Russian military Advisor captain Nicholas Afanasov died in Syria as a result of a mortar attack militants, said on Tuesday the defense Ministry.

“Nicholas Afanasov was in Syrian Arab Republic in the structure of the apparatus of the Russian military advisers, performing the task of training the personnel of the units of the Syrian army”, – said in the defense Ministry.

According to the defense Ministry, the incident occurred in the province of Hama militants staged a sudden mortar shelling of the town Syrian government troops.

The defense Ministry said Afanasov presents the command to the state award posthumously.

In late may, the website of the newspaper “Kommersant”, citing the official data of the defense Ministry, reported that in Syria killed 32 Russian servicemen.

The Russian military operation in Syria is from September 30, 2015. Aviation videoconferencing support ground operations by the Syrian army. Russia Syria has an air base at the airport “Hamim” and the basing of the Navy in the port of Tartus. It was officially reported that in Syria there are special operations Forces of the defense Ministry.

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