Maria Zakharova
The family of a Russian officer, Alexander Prokhorenko, who was killed in Syria in April of this year, wrote a letter to French President Francois Hollande. The text in the briefing, read the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, reports kp.ru 17 Nov.
According to her, the message is proposed to combine efforts of the two countries in the fight against terrorism.
“Mr. President, why are you all after the awful terrorist attacks in Paris and nice, when our hearts were together with the French, did nothing to avenge the innocent victims?” — quoted letter to Zakharov.
Alexander Prokhorenko — the native of the Orenburg region. Born in the village Towns of Tyulganskiy rayon, and after school he entered the Military Academy of air defence. He died at the age of 25 years during execute the task of air strikes on the terrorists in the area of Palmyra. A Russian soldier was surrounded by and caused the fire itself.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree posthumously awarded the officer of the special operations forces Alexander Prokhorenko, the title of Hero of Russia for courage and heroism in the performance of military duty.
Recognized the loss of the Russian armed forces in Syria is 20 people.