Interior Troops lieutenant-colonel killed in fight near Khasavyurt - head of Interior Troops press service

MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax-AVN) - Lieutenant-Colonel Roman Chebotaryov, the head of the engineering service of a Interior Ministry special division was killed in a special operation near Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Colonel Vasily Panchenkov, the head of the Interior Troops press service, told Interfax-AVN.

Chebotaryov had three sons, Panchenkov said.

The Interior Ministry press center told Interfax earlier that six militants had been killed in a special operation in the Khasavyurt region of Dagestan.