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A Russian honor guard march by a plane carrying the coffin of killed in Syria Russian serviceman Alexander Prokhorenko, at a mourning ceremony in Chkalovsky military airport outside Moscow, Thursday, May 5, 2016 (AP photo)
http://uatoday.tv/politics/russian-battalion-commander-killed-in-syria-849558.html
Russian airborne major killed in Syria was buried secretly
Russian air assault battalion commander Major Sanal Sanchirov was killed in Syria last week, the Meduza outlet reports.
The Russian officer was previously reported killed on December 12, with no confirmation by the ministry of defence. He was buried on December 13 in the Russian region of Kalmykia.
The circumstances of the Russian officer's death in action remains unclear, the country's defence ministry gives no comments. Nevertheless, his death was confirmed by local authorities of a town where Sanchirov had been buried.
The Russian military operation in Syria has been continuing since September 30, 2015. Russian defence ministry officially recognises that only 23 its servicemen were killed during the operation.
As previously reported, on December 16 it was revealed that very first Russian casualty in Syria had happened within first 24 hours in Russia's intervention in Syria.