A Russian special forces officer has been killed near Syria's Palmyra, a military representative at the Russian base in Syria was quoted as saying by Russian agencies Thursday.
"An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian airstrikes at Islamic State group targets," the unnamed representative said, without giving the date of the incident.
"The officer was carrying out a combat task in Palmyra area for a week, identifying crucial IS targets and passing exact coordinates for strikes with Russian planes," he said.
"The officer died as a hero, he drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists," he said.
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Smoke rises near Palmyra castle during shelling by Syrian troops on the outskirts of the ancient city of Palmyra …
The defence ministry in Moscow said Russian aircraft carried out 146 strikes on "terrorist targets" in the Palmyra area between Wednesday and last Sunday.
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In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service a pair of Russian Su-25 ground attack jets …
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