A Russian Special Operations Forces officer reportedly called a strike onto himself when he was compromised and surrounded by ISIS militants near Palmyra, where a fierce battle between the Syrian army and terrorists is in full swing.
“A Russian special operations forces [SOF] officer was killed near a town of Palmyra while guiding Russian warplanes to IS [previously ISIS/ISIL] targets,” a military source at Russia’s airbase Khmeimim told Interfax news agency on Thursday.
The source added that the special forces operator was on a mission near Palmyra for at least a week, detecting the terrorists’ most important targets and providing coordinates for Russian warplanes to strike.
“The officer died as a hero, calling a strike onto himself after he was compromised and surrounded by terrorists,” the source added.
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Russians are really really stubborn fighters. They just don't quit.
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DeleteHey if you KNOW you are going out, might as well go out with a really big bang! I suspect many of us would do the same, particularly considering what would happen if we were captured..............
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DeleteHe died killing the enemy, a warrior of the First Order.
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Reminds me of the Kurd women who committee suicide taking a number of ISIS soldiers out when she was surrounded.
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