First Russian Soldier Dies Under Questionable Circumstances.

[boomslang]

Two strikes in Raqqa, the ISIS capital. Vladi is a douche bag and he talks out his @ss.

 

[Aepsilons]

Moscow confirms death of Russian soldier in Syria
The Russian defense ministry says the soldier committed suicide, an account his family disputes.
By Fred Lambert

| Oct. 27, 2015 at 5:52 PM

Russian military cadets march during a Victory Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2012. On Oct. 27, 2015, Russia's Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of a Russian soldier in Syria. It was the first announcement of its kind since Moscow deployed military forces to Syria last month to conduct airstrikes on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. UPI.
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LATAKIA, Syria, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Russia has confirmed the death of one of its soldiers stationed in Syria for the first time since deploying troops to the country last month.

TASS, Russia's official state media, quoted a statement by the Ministry of Defense as saying a "man serving under contract at the Hmeimim air base in Syria as a technical specialist took his own life while off duty," adding that an analysis of the soldier's text messages revealed his suicide was motivated by a "rift in his personal relationship with a girl."

The BBC quoted the soldier's family members, who identified him as 19-year-old Vadim Kostenko from the southern Krasnodar region, as saying they refused to believe the Russian government's version of events. Kostenko's parents said they spoke to their son on the phone daily, and he seemed to be in good spirits.

The Wall Street Journal reports an activist group known as Conflict Intelligence Team released a report Tuesday documenting a series of online posts that began last weekend in which Kostenko's friends and relatives mourned his death in Syria.

The defense ministry reportedly responded with its statement the same day, though it did not identify the man's name, age or unit.

Russia sent troops to Syria on Sept. 30 and began conducting airstrikes on behalf of its regional ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but Moscow has insisted it is not employing ground forces in the conflict.

Russia has a history of classifying troop deaths in overseas conflicts, including in Afghanistan, where it did not publicly reveal data on the amount of Russian war dead until 10 years after its occupation began in 1979.

More recently, Moscow has repeatedly denied it sent ground forces to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have warred with the Kiev government since last year -- despite the bodies of dozens to hundreds of Russian soldiers being sent home to family members who are often given little to no information about where they deployed or how they died.

Russian Presdient Vladimir Putin has characterized any Russian troops killed in Ukraine as volunteers fighting there on their own accord.

Prior to the Tuesday announcement, Russia denied any of its soldiers had died as a result of operations in Syria, but the Wall Street Journal last week quoted a Russian Ministry of Defense official as saying one soldier had been killed due to careless weapons handling.

The same official told the Wall Street Journal a Russian special forces unit had been pulled out of Ukraine and sent to Syria.

Rest in peace brave soldier. Honor is yours...!

 

[ultron]

Time to kill takfiris.

 

[New World]

Ohhhh damn, I didn't even read the title of this thread. wow.You know this is NOT the first time this has happened to me. awks... whoops sorry, now I shall remove these posts.

Hyperion jaha tum waha..

 

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Two strikes in Raqqa, the ISIS capital. Vladi is a douche bag and he talks out his @ss.

Those red place markers only indicate locations were air strikes were carried out, they are not individual air strikes. Russia has carried out around 1000 strikes clearly that map only indicates a few dozen.

As for "Vlad", I'm not sure why he is a "douche bag" for destroying jihadists.


Anyways remember when you said Russia can not fight beyond its borders and it can basically only go as far as it can drive? So how did that work out for you?

 

[oproh]

RIP to the brave soldier, at least it's just one unlike the 1000 dead isis and moderate terrorists thanks to Russian bombs.

 

[boomslang]

Those red place markers only indicate locations were air strikes were carried out, they are not individual air strikes. Russia has carried out around 1000 strikes clearly that map only indicates a few dozen.

As for "Vlad", I'm not sure why he is a "douche bag" for destroying jihadists.


Anyways remember when you said Russia can not fight beyond its borders and it can basically only go as far as it can drive? So how did that work out for you?

First off, Vladi is a douche bag even when he's sleeping. Second, two dots at Raqqa and the rest who knows where. He's not even trying to pretend he's fighting ISIS. Third, look at a map. You're joking, right ? A few hundred miles at most. Russia could NEVER pull off what the U.S. did. TWICE. They've hauled a few tanks and some troops. We brought the HOUSE !! Half the way around the world. Hundreds of tanks. A hundred thousand troops. Russia has the same GDP as California. They can't swing a move like we pulled. They WISH they could pull off the stuff we do. Besides, Vladi had to pull his special ops guys out of Ukraine to fight in Syria. He's wearing thin ALREADY. Undermanned, rusting second rate army.That's all Russia is.

 

[ptldM3]

First off, Vladi is a douche bag even when he's sleeping. Second, two dots at Raqqa and the rest who knows where. He's not even trying to pretend he's fighting ISIS.

You're drunk go to bed. Russia gives reports, briefings and video evidence almost daily.

Third, look at a map. You're joking, right ? A few hundred miles at most. Russia could NEVER pull off what the U.S. did. TWICE. They've hauled a few tanks and some troops. We brought the HOUSE !! Half the way around the world.

You're telling me to look at a map while claiming Russia traveled "a few hundred miles at most" Latakia to Grozny (closest major city) is 754 miles this is if they go from point A to point B in a strait line; however it's likely they had to go around Turkey so it is well over 900 miles. Most aircraft and supplies in Syria came from the Moscow region which is over 1400 miles away (going in a strait line) and once again Russia probably had to go around turkey so the distance is much greater.


You also forgot or did not know that the US already had military bases in the Middle East to aid in their invasions.

 

[boomslang]

You're telling me to look at a map while claiming Russia traveled "a few hundred miles at most" Latakia to Grozny (closest major city) is 754 miles this is if they go from point A to point B in a strait line; however it's likely they had to go around Turkey so it is well over 900 miles. Most aircraft and supplies in Syria came from the Moscow region which is over 1400 miles away (going in a strait line) and once again Russia probably had to go around turkey so the distance is much greater.


You also forgot or did not know that the US already had military bases in the Middle East to aid in their invasions.

They had to stop in Iran. Russia couldn't do a 'long haul' of 800 miles. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. flew hundreds of bombing runs from the U.S. and back, NON STOP. Mid air refueling. Twelve thousand miles round trip. No one else can even think about doing that.