Elena Teslova
March 26, 2019•Update: March 26, 2019
MOSCOW
Three Russian servicemen were killed in eastern Syria in a militant attack late February, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
The Russian troops were returning back to their base after delivering humanitarian aid to a village in the city of Deir -Zor.
They were caught in an ambush and later went missing.
The group, involved in the attack, was found and destroyed, a statement by the ministry said.
The bodies of Russian soldiers were delivered to their country, it added.
Russia launched a military operation in Syria in September 2015.
In December 2017, the main military group withdrew, only a limited military contingent is deployed at the Hmeimin airbase and the naval base in Tartus.
