The Russian military has disclosed details of an attack by militants “Dzhabhat EN-Nusra” (banned in Russia) with the support of American instructors surrounded by a detachment of military police and Syrian government troops in the area of de-escalation “Idlib”. It is reported by Ren TV.
The commander of a platoon of military police, Alexander Samoilov said that the attack began before sunrise. Housed on the second floor of the building, Russian soldiers took up defensive positions, the first floor was defended by the Syrian military.
“According to the combat calculation, kept the defense until, until they started to get mine direct fire into the building. The second floor was destroyed, and we moved on first,” said Samoilov.
29 people in two hours reflected attacks of the enemy. The siege was lifted as a result of operation of the consolidated group of units of special operations Forces, military police, and Syrian special forces backed by attack aircraft su-25. When you break the encirclement were injured, three fighters MTR.
The militants blocked the Russians under cover of mortar fire. Then came to the distance of melee and opened heavy fire from small arms.
Russian security forces to monitor compliance with the ceasefire in Idlib, was surrounded by large-scale militant attack in the Northern province of Hama (border with Idlib in the South-West and South). Militant attacks were repulsed on all fronts, during the day they had lost in the region of Idlib and Northern Hama about 850 people. Also destroyed dozens of vehicles Islamists, including 11 tanks.