In Syria in the battle of Palmyra killed the Russian officer

In Syria during the execution of tasks to restore air strikes on terrorists in Palmyra officer killed by Russian special operations forces.
As reported by RIA Novosti, told journalists the representative of the Russian sites Hamim.

According to him, the soldier died a hero by calling the fire itself, after having been discovered by the terrorists and surrounded.

• The officer had carried out a fighting task in the region of Palmyra during the week, identifying objects of terrorists “Islamic state” and giving the coordinates for strikes by Russian aircraft.

Before that it was known about the deaths of five Russian military during the Syrian campaign, of which four were reported officially. Soldier Vadim Kostenko committed suicide on the basis Hamim due to personal problems (his father has denied this version of death). Killed the commander of the downed Turkish air force bomber su-24M Oleg Peshkov. During an operation in search of the crew was killed Peshkov marine Alexander Pozynich. Military adviser, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Cheremisin was mortally wounded in mortar attack on Syrian training centre.

The death of the fifth, the 27-year-old special forces officer Fedor Zhuravlev, which Reuters reported in November of 2015, was indirectly confirmed on March 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, referring to widows, mentioned Yulia Zhuravleva.

Now the Syrian army is conducting an operation to free the city from the militants. It is a strategically important city on the highway that connects Damascus and Eastern Syria.

The ancient city of Palmyra (Arabic name of the village Tadmor) — a monument of UNESCO world heritage site — came under the control of Islamic state terrorists in may 2015. Before leaving the city, the Syrian army evacuated most of its residents and most valuable historical relics of the Central Museum of Palmyra. However, part of the cultural heritage was destroyed by militants.

In the fall of 2015 at the request of the Syrian government Russia deployed in the Arab Republic of a group of aircraft and supporting units. From 30 September, the Russian planes began to strike the radical Islamist groups, including the banned in Russia the terrorist organization “Islamic state” and “dzhebhat EN-Nusra”, supporting Syrian government troops.

14 March 2016, Putin announced that Russia has begun the withdrawal of the main part of the military contingent from Syria. He noted that the locations of the Russian forces (in Tartus marine and aviation at the airport Hamim) will function as usual.

Earlier on Thursday, 24 March, it was reported that the Military space forces (VKS) Russia from 20 to 23 March 41 have made a departure in the region of Palmyra. Dealt 146 strikes on military targets of the Islamists.

In Syria since March 2011 year armed conflict continues, which, according to the UN, killed more than 220 thousand people. Government troops to confront militias belonging to different armed groups. The most active are the terrorist group “Islamic state” and “dzhebhat EN-Nusra”.

27 February in Syria, an agreement on ceasefire. Resolution in support of the truce was adopted by the UN Security Council a day earlier. The draft document was developed jointly by Moscow and Washington. The agreement requires that military operations will continue against ISIS and other terrorist organizations identified by the Council.
[rushincrash.com]
24/3/16