In Damascus fired at the Russian Embassy – a New newspaper

Mina, launched from the area controlled by militants in the suburbs of Damascus, came to the territory of the Russian Embassy, the press service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

a Shell fell near the entrance to the consular section. The explosion caused “minor material damage”, the victims of fire.

“Another attack on the Russian diplomatic mission is unacceptable and deserves strong condemnation. The attempts of extremists to disrupt efforts to achieve the cessation of hostilities in Syria must be stopped,” — said in a statement on the foreign Ministry website.

This is the second shelling of the Russian Embassy in Damascus over the past two days. On the eve of a mine that did not explode, fell in the courtyard of a complex of administrative buildings of the Russian diplomatic mission, and another in the vicinity of its territory. For clearance of unexploded ordnance were involved in the bomb squad.