Russia calls reports of mass Syria casualties "disinformation"

Russia calls reports of mass Syria casualties
Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:52:59

Media reports about hundreds of Russians killed while fighting in Syria is "classic disinformation", Russia's RIA news agency quoted a Russian Foreign Ministry source as saying on Wednesday.

(Reuters) -- Associates of Russian military contractors fighting alongside government forces in Syria have said there were large-scale casualties among the contractors when U.S.-led coalition forces clashed with pro-government forces in Syria's Deir ezzor province on Feb. 7 
 

(Photo: September 15, 2017, A Russian soldiers standing guard in a central street in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor, as locals pass by. DOMINIQUE DERDA/FRANCE2/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

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