Sergei Shoigu thanked the Italians for opening the monument to Alexander Prokhorenko
From the message of the RF Ministry of Defense on the page in Facebook:
The monument was installed about a month ago in recognition of the merits of the Russian officer in the fight against international terrorism.
Recall that Alexander Prokhorenko died on March 17, 2016 in the Syrian Arab Republic, caused the fire of the Russian military aviation upon himself at the moment when he was surrounded by ISIS terrorists (* prohibited in the Russian Federation). Then several dozen terrorists-igilovtsev were eliminated.
Alexander Prokhoronko's relatives, in an interview with federal media, reported that letters of gratitude to them came from many different countries of the world, including Italy. Literally in each of the letters it is said that their son is an example of a real man and an officer.
In October last year, a bust of Alexander Prokhorenko was opened at the Military Academy of military air defense. A photo Ministry of Defence:
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