MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Four Russian military advisors have been killed after their vehicle ran over a radio-controlled land mine in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"As a result of the explosion, four military servicemen were killed and another two injured. Russian military medics are fighting for their lives," the ministry said in a statement obtained by Interfax-AVN on Monday.
The incident occurred on February 16 of this year, it said. "A motor convoy of Syrian troops, which included the vehicle with the Russian military advisors, was traveling from the Tiyas airfield area towards the city of Homs. Around four kilometers into the journey, a radio-controlled charge went off underneath the vehicle carrying the Russian military servicemen," the statement said.