There is no official confirmation of this information.

Washington, February 13, 2018, 22:14 - REGNUM The American agency Bloomberg claims that in the Syrian Arab Republic a few days ago, between 100 and 200 "Russian mercenaries" were killed by the air strikes of the American "anti-terrorist coalition".

Bloomberg refers to US officials who claim that as a result of a strike by US aircraft, about 100 mercenaries were killed, 200 to 300 people were injured. Bloomberg considers the incident "the largest since the Cold War clash of citizens of countries that were opponents in it."

In addition, the agency refers to a certain Russian political scientist Alexander Ionov, whom he calls "the leader of a Kremlin-sponsored group that supports separatists."

This Ionov argues that when attacking American aviation in Syria, most of the dead are Russian citizens, as well as citizens of Ukraine with experience of fighting in the Donbass.

Information about this incident from official sources comes extremely contradictory and sketchy.

The US Department of Defense said that on February 7, the coalition air strikes were a response to the attack of "pro-Sadov forces" of the battalion "with the support of artillery, tanks, MLRS and mortars" to the base of the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) under the village of Hisham on the eastern bank of the Euphrates Deir-ez-Zorom.

The base of the Syrian opposition is covered by the destroyed refinery Conoco and a large oil field. During the attack, there were detachments of the Syrian opposition and American instructors at the base.

The Pentagon emphasizes that the attack on the opposition base was repulsed by air strikes and artillery fire. A spokesman for the US coalition forces, Thomas Wil, said that the coalition representatives "were in touch with Russian representatives before, during and after a successfully repelled attack."

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not have information about Russian citizens who are not servicemen and who could participate in military operations in Syria. All questions on this subject Peskov redirected to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

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