Three more Russian soldiers were killed in late January 2017 year in Syria, but their deaths have not yet confirmed in the Russian Defense Ministry, Reuters reports.
According to the agency. the last two months in fighting in Syria killed an officer Sergey Travin, commander of the mountain reconnaissance battalion Igor Raven, and one of the fighters is a private military company (PMC) Yuri Sokal.
As noted Reuters, Russians participated in intense battles with Syrian government forces for Palmyra. All fought on the side of the Syrians 18 Russian citizens.
Among them was 52-year-old Sokal, He arrived in Syria from Gelendzhik in January as part of the military to a private company. He died 31 January Tiyase city as a result of injuries from shrapnel.
another Russian, Igor Raven, according to information RBC He was a professional soldier. AT 2001 g. Crow served in a separate reconnaissance battalion in the 3rd Motorized Infantry Division Vislenskoy. He died 5 February, reports “Morning”.