Defense Ministry denied reports about the death of the Russian military in Syria – RBC

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All Russian soldiers whose photos spread “Islamic State”, alive and in the location of its units, the Defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov

Russian Defense ministry denied the information about the death of Russian troops in Syria, pictures of which, according to the agency , to extend its prohibition in the Russian terrorist group “Islamic State” (LIH), reports “RIA Novosti».

«All the soldiers, whose photos were published by a terrorist group LIH their Ukrainian” friends “and London” observatory of human rights in Syria, “alive and well and is in a location of their units,” – said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov.

He added that the photos were obtained from the phone, who was kidnapped in Russia.

«The only question which arises here, how these pictures almost simultaneously appeared on the website LIH and commands Ukrainian propagandists spiteful critics of Russia”, – said Konashenkov

on the eve of the

news agency Amaq, that is. news reports on behalf of LIH, reported that gunmen killed three groups of Russian soldiers, undermining the track Raqqah – Itria bomb. As evidence, photographs of soldiers in the Russian form, combined with the alleged phone one of the dead were given. Among them were pictures of military equipment, documents, photographs and portraits of soldiers posing shoot them man.

The images analyzed the bloggers from the group Conflict Intelligence Team. They claim that they were able to identify the number of present soldiers images, but noted that by themselves these pictures do not prove that the soldiers were killed.

June 19 the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the deaths in Syria Russian military Andrew Timoshenkova. Thus, the total number of Russian soldiers who died in Syria, whose death has officially confirmed the Ministry of Defense, was eleven.