Russian military adviser Lieutenant-Colonel Alexey Buchelnikov was killed in Syria as a result of sniper fire by militants. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Russia, according to Interfax.
“Alexey Buchelnikov was in Syria as part of a group of Russian military advisers who are training Syrian artillery unit personnel,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
During a session on combat training, the Syrian unit came under fire from snipers. Buchelnikov will be posthumously granted a state award.
As reported by Interfax, on April 26th, Head of the Russian General Staff Main Operations Department Colonel-General Sergey Rudskoy said that Russian military advisers in Syria are preparing operations of Assad army and providing it with intelligence information.
Earlier it was reported that Major Sergey Bordov of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet was killed in Syria on April 18th. The sailors of the fleet came under artillery fire. According to eyewitnesses, two Russian servicemen and two Syrian soldiers were killed.
