Among other things, the SBU said the unverified figures of the 58 dead in the vicinity of the Syrian Deir-ez-Zor during the fighting in early February of this year, although the names are only eight, and this thesis is most easily refuted.

Recall, on the night of February 7, 8, 2018, the Syrian Arab Army’s positions were attacked by detachments led by American military advisers who organized 26 training camps for former militants of the Islamic State banned in Russia.

Attack was preceded by a provocation by the "volatile detachments" of the IG, aimed at forcing the CAA and the volunteers helping the army to respond with a blow to the blow, and then arrange a "defensive operation", or rather, a massive air strike on the positions of the government troops.

The fact that among the defenders of Deir ez-Zor were fighters of the PMC "Wagner", no one denies. But the initial statements about the "hundreds" of Russians who died there do not stand up to scrutiny.. Over time, even the pro-American media were ashamed of such a huge number - the report of the SBU has already featured 58 people. However, according to some media reports, Andrei Troshev, one of the leaders of the Wagner private security complex, told Pravda. ru "that in fact during the attack killed 14 Russian volunteers.

"14 volunteers killed in Syria. No one left. If the Motherland had been abandoning, we would not have been around for a long time, and by the way, you too, ”Troshev stressed..

His words are confirmed by the investigation of the German edition of Der Spiegel, whose correspondent questioned the staff of the Deir-ez-Zor hospital. They confirmed that, after an air strike, the bodies of about 10 dead Russians were delivered to them. Given that the reports of the SBU constantly sin inaccurate data, especially when it comes to Russian fighters, the information of the German journalist looks much more truthful.

In general, according to Sergey Tsekov, a member of the Federation Council’s international affairs committee, the Ukrainian security forces have achieved only one thing with their “revelations” - the country has finally learned the names of the heroes who struggle with world terrorism.