The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement published on the Mid website, announced that "a few dozen Russian citizens" have been repatriated and hospitalized following their injury "in a recent clash in Syria".
In recent days, news had been spread of dozens of Russian victims involved in the US raid on Deir ez Zor on 7 February, but the Foreign Ministry had only confirmed the death of five Russians. In the recent clashes in Syria no Russian military or Russian military material was involved, the ministry specified today, according to which “there are Russians in Syria, who went there on their own and for different purposes. It is not up to the foreign ministry to judge the legitimacy of their decision ”.