(Mirror-UK) Joshua Nevett - A spokesperson for the Russian military said: "An officer of Russian special operations forces was killed near Palmyra while carrying out a special task to direct Russian airstrikes at Islamic State group targets....The officer died as a hero, he drew fire onto himself after being located and surrounded by terrorists." Last week IS-linked media said that five Russian special forces were killed near Palmyra.
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