CIA Director Mike Pompeo said at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a couple of weeks ago in Syria a "couple of hundred" Russians were killed. "A few weeks ago, the Russians met a worthy opponent. A couple of hundreds of Russians were killed, "- quotes Pompeo Meduza.
Apparently, Pompeo had in mind the battle in the vicinity of the Syrian Deir Ez-Zor on the night of February 8. The media reported that tens or hundreds of Russians were killed. The US did not officially declare that among the dead in that battle there are Russians. The head of the CIA also stressed that the era of the American "soft policy", thanks to which Russia could act aggressively, came to an end. At past hearings, the Senate considered the candidacy of Mike Pompeo for the post of US Secretary of State.