CIT named the names of the dead under the fire of the US coalition of Russians in Syria


A group of CIT investigators named the names of four Russians who died in the Syrian province of Dair al-Zor. Earlier, the Iranian media reported that as a result of the attack of the American coalition, Russian military advisers

In Syria, in the province of Dair al-Zor, on February 7, the day the US coalition against the IG (the "Islamic state", a banned organization in Russia) dealt a massive blow to the pro-Sadov forces in the Euphrates River valley, at least four Russians were soldiers of the Wagner PMC. Their names were named by the group of investigators Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) in their Twitter, referring to messages of relatives and acquaintances in social networks.

According to CIT, Alexey Ladygin from Ryazan, Stanislav Matveyev, Igor Kosoturov from Asbest city of Sverdlovsk region, and Vladimir Loginov from the Kaliningrad region were killed in Dair al-Zor.

Vladimir Loginov was a centurion of the Cossack society "Farm" Pregolsky ", says the report of the" Baltic individual Cossack district. " He "died in an unequal battle on February 7, 2018, in the Syrian Deir-ez-Zor area," while "protecting our homeland from the invasion of distraught barbarians at distant approaches," the district said. Vladimir Loginov has a wife and minor children, said Ataman of the District Cossack Society "Baltic Separate Cossack District - Baltic Cossack Union of the Kaliningrad Region" Maxim Buga.

A 38-year-old Stanislav Matveev, who died in Syria, left Asbest his wife and two sons, eight and six, his cousin Igor Patsko told RBC. He learned about Stanislav's death from relatives. "I did not even know that he went [to Syria]. I'm just in shock. It hurts, of course, in our youth we were always together, "said Patsko. According to him, the family does not know the exact cause of death, they are waiting for information, as well as an answer, whether the body of the deceased will be delivered to the motherland. "The date of his death coincides with the date of the American air strike," Patsko pointed out.

Prior to Syria Matveyev fought in the southeast of Ukraine, his cousin told and confirmed his co-worker Yuri Romanov. "Out of patriotic convictions, he defended the Russians," said Patsko. Stanislav Matveyev was not a regular Russian military, said Igor Patsko. "As a child, he lived in the Donetsk region, where he graduated from the technical school for a working specialty, and then returned to Asbestos and worked by profession," said Patsko.

"How it happened that he went to serve, I do not know. Most likely, [thanks to] a common acquaintance, "added the brother.

Stanislav Matveyev and Igor Kosoturov were killed in Syria on February 7, Lubava Kocheva, a friend of Kosoturova, confirmed to RBC. "He left the contract, as he used to travel to Ukraine, he was wounded in the leg," she said. According to her, Matveyev and Kosoturov went to Syria together. Kocheva explained that Matveyev was the godfather of Kosoturov's daughter.

In Syria, the national-Bolshevik Cyril Ananiev also died (he was an activist of the banned Russian National Bolshevik Party). He died February 7 in a battle on the bank of the Euphrates River in the Syrian village of Hisham, told the "Media Zone" co-chairman of the party "Other Russia" Alexander Averin. He confirmed this information to RBC. "Unfortunately this is the case. American artillery smashed the column of PWC Wagner. The date of the funeral [Ananiev] is still unknown, "Averin said.

Earlier, the Iranian agency Fars reported that as a result of the attack of the American coalition on supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, "several Russian military advisers" were killed. A clash occurred near the Hashim gas field. The American television channel CBS specified that it is a question of "Russian mercenaries". The coalition struck a blow at the pro-Asad forces when they approached the zone of separation in the Euphrates River valley and fired upon the positions of the "Syrian Democratic Forces" supported by the United States.

Link: https://www.rbc.ru/politics/12/02/20...79470fd22bc3ae