MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the ministry, the official was killed after a mortar shelling of the Syrian army’s military garrison by the Islamic State militant group, prohibited in Russia.
"A Russian military advisor in Syria was carrying tasks of helping the Syrian army familiarize itself with the new weapons supplied within the framework of acting intergovernmental contracts on military-technical cooperation," the ministry said.
The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces have been conducting an aerial campaign against the terrorist positions in Syria since September 30, following a request from President Assad.
Foreign journalists at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria
