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Kremlin Announces Deaths Of 2 Russian Military Advisers In Syria

April 12 2017

Syria

Two Russian military advisers have been killed and one was severely wounded in a militant attack in Syria, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, as cited by Interfax-AVN (Russia).

The militants launched a mortar attack against Russian soldiers working with the Syrian military, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Russians were reportedly killed when a mine exploded during the attack. One of the fatalities was a marksmanship instructor; the other was an officer, the...

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