the evening of June 22 close to the gap in the Russian terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, LIH, Daishev ) news agency Amaq News spread information that the rebels managed to kill three Russian soldiers by detonating a mine in Syria in the area trace Raqqah – Itria between the villages of Bir Nbadzh and Bir Abu El Aladzha. As proof of the agency, affiliated with terrorists, has published photographs allegedly taken from the mobile phone of one of the dead soldiers. The next day, the Defense Ministry issued an official denial of information emerged which have amended NEWSru.com
“All the soldiers, whose photos were published by a terrorist group LIH their Ukrainian” friends “, as well as London’s” Observatory of Human Rights in Syria, “alive and well and is in a location of their units. The photos were obtained from the phone stolen on the territory of Russia” , – explained the Russian Defense Ministry.
In the Defense Ministry asked the question, “how these pictures almost simultaneously appeared on the website LIH and Ukrainian teams propagandists spitpoisons Russia”. The Russian military also recalled that previously controlled by IG news agency and the aforementioned organizations have disseminated information on the alleged victims in the province of Raqqa Russian military.
The Internet and social networks have already appeared images that terrorists affiliated with the agency provides for photographs taken with the phone of one of the killed Russian soldiers.
Participants blog Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), involved in the investigation on the Russian military operation in Syria, in turn, has questioned the statement by the Defense Ministry and led evidence veracity, common terrorists.
Firstly, the CIT team with reference to Post the correspondent of RIA “FAN” Roman Saponkova recalls that on 20 June the militants IG went to counteroffensive on the recently conquered by the Syrian army and militias position . According Saponkova, at the beginning of the counterattack “front collapsed, the Syrian army retreated 15-20 km” to the west, and the loss, according to him, hundreds of dead.
Furthermore, CTI notes that the published photographs show the men of the 18th Motorized Brigade of the army of the Russian Federation, where the soldiers were also seen in the Donbas. The pictures experts also reviewed and Stripes team based in Chechnya, in the army uniform.
Having studied another photograph, which depicts Russian soldiers in the form of sand-colored, standing near the parade ground of the military, analysts using satellite imagery have come to the conclusion that it was made in the military unit 291 Artillery Brigade, located in the village of Troitskaya, Ingushetia Republic.
The CTI pointed out that the 291 th Artillery Brigade – a military unit number 64670. It appears that part of the picture, which shows a sample report with a request for payment of financial assistance in the amount of a monetary salary.
Experts have also analyzed the files of published photos and said that they were all made from three different phones. “The photos published by militants LIH belong soldier 18 OMSBr Lagutin II, unidentified servicemen 291 artillery brigade, as well as one of the soldiers depicted in the photograph with the name of the file CAM00113.jpg. LIH also published a video of the destroyed landmine KAMAZ, stating that it is there were three killed Russian soldiers Analysis of the video allows to speak with confidence, that was destroyed by artillery tractor KAMAZ-63501AT Nevertheless, on video, we see no human remains or blood “, -.. explained in the CTI.
The organization, however, recognized that it had no direct evidence that during the counter-offensive IG terrorists, three Russian soldiers were killed. However, CTI employees entered into discussions with the Ministry of Defense in social networks, asking the military establishment as images taken with three phones were on the same device, “stolen in the territory of the Russian Federation.”
June 19 the Ministry of Defence announced that Syria killed another soldier – Andriy Tymoshenko. According to official figures, he became the 11th Russian soldier who died during a military operation in that country. Timoshenkov posthumously presented to the state award.
“June 15, 2016 in the province of Homs humanitarian convoy escort serviceman of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria Andrei Timoshenkov prevented a breakthrough car bomb, to the place of issue of humanitarian aid to the civilian population”, – stated in the Ministry of Defense reported.
Timoshenkov stopped the car bomb, opened fire with small arms. With the explosion of a suicide car managed Andrew himself was incompatible with the wounded life. Military doctors at the airbase Hmeymim more than a day fighting for the life of a soldier. Timoshenkov died on June 16 reports TASS.
Recall, the military operation Russian Air Space Forces (VKS) in Syria began on September 30 last year. March 14, 2016, the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has instructed the display Syria the bulk of Russian troops. However, part of the military equipment and a limited contingent of troops remained in the country to support the Syrian government army in the fight against terrorist groups, “the Islamic state” (IG, Daishev ) and “Dzhebhat en-Nusra” (both banned in Russia ).
In October last year, the Defense Ministry reported the death of the first Russian military in Syria – according to investigators, 19-year-old contractor Vadim Kostenko has committed suicide due to personal reasons. The cause of his death in the military called a suicide, but relatives doubted this version.
Two more soldiers were killed in the Russian-Turkish border in November, after the Turkish military shot down a Russian Su-24. The commander of the crew of Oleg Peshkov was killed by fire from the ground when landing after a bailout. Marine Alexander Pozynich died during an operation to search for the downed bomber pilots. It was also reported the death of the soldier Ivan Cheremisina.
March 17 Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the St. George Hall of the Kremlin at the meeting with servicemen who distinguished themselves in the course of a military operation in Syria, and the widows of the dead, confirmed the death of five Russian military – Fedor Zhuravlev, which are not formally death reported.
Officially, six Russian soldiers killed during a special operation of the Russian Federation videoconferencing in Syria, became Alexander Prokhorenko . The fateful day for himself he was doing combat mission to adjust the fire under the assault on Palmyra captured terrorists. When the military surrounded the terrorists, he has to avoid capture, heroically caused the fire itself – have to attack their own aircraft coordinates.
In early April, the journalists know the name of another deceased officer, who served under the contract and was killed in clashes with militants IG. It appeared to be a native of the region Vadim Orenburzhskoy Tumakov.
In May in the Syrian province of Homs killed a Russian serviceman Anton Erygin . According to the Ministry of Defence, he was accompanied by cars of the Russian Center of reconciliation of the warring parties. While moving motorcade came under fire. Erygin, performing a task, was seriously injured. Doctors tried to save his life, but their efforts were in vain.
June 16 the Ministry of Defence reported deaths Maxim gunner Shirokopoyasa. As relatives say, Sergeant hit a mine. He was operated on in Moscow, but could not save. Funeral junior sergeant held in the Amur region on 11 June.
Note that in the media repeatedly, there were reports of more losses of the Russian army in Syria. In late March, in particular, the journalists claimed that dozens of Russians were killed in the battle of battles. The investigation , published by “Fontanka”, inter alia, stated that Syria has long fought fighters of de jure defunct private military companies (PMCs), which consists of hundreds of Russian officers.
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