The response fire allegedly destroyed more than 850 militants. Three fighters of the Russian Special Operations Forces were injured in repulsing the offensive of the Jabhat an-Nusra militia in the de-escalation zone of Idlib in Syria. This is reported by the RF Ministry of Defense with reference to the chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Rudsky. According to him, the fighters of Jabhat al-Nusra with the support of armored vehicles launched a large-scale offensive on the positions of government troops and wedged into their defense to a depth of 12 km, at the front - up to 20 km. "According to reports," Rudskoy noted, "this offensive was initiated by US intelligence services to stop the successfully developing advance of government troops east of Deir ez Zor". The general added that one of the main targets of the militants was an attempt to seize a unit of the Russian military police, performing tasks at the observation post deployed in the area as control forces. However, spetsnaz soldiers managed to break through the blockade of the blockade. Rudskoy said that "all participants in this unique operation are represented to state awards". Also, according to Rudsky, "units of the 5th landing-assault corps, with the support of Russian aviation, went over to the counteroffensive and have now almost completely restored the lost position".

The Russian Defense Ministry reports that in just one day, "about 850 terrorists, 11 tanks, 4 infantry fighting vehicles, 46 pick-up trucks, 5 mortars, 20 trucks of 38 weapons depots were destroyed". As reported by the correspondent. net, it became known earlier about the death of the Russian adviser in Syria. Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Buchelnikov was shot by a sniper. Earlier it was reported that the Russian general was seriously wounded in Palmyra.

Original article: Three Russian special forces wounded in Syria.