Senior lieutenant Oleg Leontyev, accused in the case of the death of soldier-conscript Ilya Gorbunov, in his last word told about participation in the "event on the territory of a neighboring country", where "no matter" was the Russian military. This is reported by Medusa.

According to the Mother's Right Foundation, which represents the interests of the sisters of the deceased at the trial, Leontyev asked the court for a verdict that would allow him to continue his service and join the grouping of Russian troops in Syria.

"With a positive decision of the court immediately the next bortreis I fly there. This will bring some benefit to the state. I already participated in one of such events, but the only thing was that it was in the territory of a neighboring country, where we were not, as it were, "the fund quotes Leontiev's statement.

The Mother's Right Foundation stressed that this is probably the first public and official statement of a Russian officer, since it was done in court.

A resident of the Bryansk region, Ilya Gorbunov, was killed on February 6, 2017 during his service in Naro-Fominsk (13th Tank Regiment of Kantemirovskaya Tank, military unit 32010). According to the prosecution, the commander of Gorbunov Oleg Leontiev ordered him to overtake the tank, although he did not pass the appropriate training.