Investigators coped with identifying the citizenship of victims of great antiterrorist air attack on 7 February. Conflict Intelligence Team claims four Russian died there. However, the Russian Ministry of defense states that Russian citizens were not affected. The identified victims are the militants of a private Vagner company that fights for Asad government in Syria and terrorists in Donbas on the east of Ukraine.
On 7 February antiterrorist coalition headed by the USA repelled the attack of the governmental forces. The General of Kurdistan in his interview to CNN stated that right after the attack Russian officer called him and asked to stop fire.
Losses of illegal military structure Vagner are close to 200. The evidence of the Russian death can be found in social networks. The investigators from Conflict Intelligence Team checked the information and found out that most of them were in war in the Crimea and in Donbas. But the official Kremlin continues denying their engage into military operations.
At the same time the Syrian conflict involved another party – Israel. The USA support the country and name it ‘a true ally in the struggle against terrorism’.