He died during an operation in the Syrian city of Dair-ez-Zor. As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as a result of a sudden mortar shelling of IGIL fighters, Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov was mortally wounded by a mine mine.
The Russian department also said that Asapov was at the command post of the Syrian troops, assisting the Syrian commanders in the operation of the operation to liberate the city of Dair-ez-Zor.
However, according to media reports, Valery Asapov was included in the database of the Peacemaker website. According to published data, Asapov commanded the so-called first army corps of the Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, last week it became known about the death of a Russian adviser in Syria. Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Buchelnikov was shot by a sniper.