BALADI NEWS
Four officers from the Russian FSB Special Forces counter-terrorism directorate were killed yesterday in the Aleppo province. UAWire reports.
The Telegram channel “Special Forces Channel” reported the news and published the name and the photo of one of the officers.
According to the channel, Captain Dmitry Minov was killed on February 1.
The officers were reportedly killed after coming under mortar fire in the Aleppo, by the opposition factions.
It's noteworthy that fierce clashes are taking place in Aleppo between the opposition factions and the regime forces backed by Russian troops, these clashes started after the regime forces, backed by Russia, took control over the city of Maarat al-Numan, in an attempt to control the international highway which connects Aleppo with Damascus.