The Syrian army took the key height of the city of Palmyra and destroyed several groups of militants LIH

Syrian military sources have reported that the government forces of the SAR and the militia took control of the key dominant height of the city of Palmyra (Tadmor). We are talking about the height 939.5 (it is - "nine hundred") on the ridge of Haya. After that, the resistance of the terrorists visibly diminished, since the government forces had the opportunity to attack the positions of the militants from several heights near the city.

ISIS militants were eliminated both at the very height of 939.5 and in one of the gorges where the command post of the so-called Islamic State was located.

Video of fierce battles for dominant heights using the army aviation and heavy equipment:

As a result of successful offensive operations, the Syrian government army and militia forces defeated several IS groups west of ancient Palmyra. Reported by the information service Al-Masdar News and the correspondent Lays Fadel. As a result of the special operation, several pickups of militants were destroyed, equipped with anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns.

Meanwhile, the ISIL militants in one of their accounts in social networks spread a statement that “a Russian military adviser was killed” in the Palmyra area. For ethical reasons, "VO" does not publish a photo of the body of the victim. In addition, information about the death of the "Russian military adviser" is not confirmed in the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.

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[The black]

I hope the Syrian army was able to restore its combat capability and will now be able to act with our minimum support .... and most importantly, that the Americans with their sixes would not go with their "help" in the alleged fight against the ISIL ...

[Oleg Lavrov]

of course!! Our advisers did not work poorly on the tactics of the CCA !! And the result is not long in coming! We wish them good luck, against the background of the fact that NATO sprinkles poison and is going to conduct a ground operation!

[MARK]

Crush these devils Assad ... We have fulfilled our mission! You yourself must continue! Russia is with you ...

[cniza]

Five years of the war ... gave a little technology, our advisers and a fully combat-ready army.

[Pravdarm]

Quote: cniza

gave a little technology, our advisers

"Russian military advisor killed." For ethical reasons, "VO" does not publish a photo of the body of the victim.

I hope this is a fake! From anger for defeat and for raising the type of morale among the militants shaking with fear with wet pants!
Even if in uniform, they could have dressed their own cadaver!

[Baikonur]

Quote: Pravdarm

wet pants shaking with fear!

Yellow in front and brown in back!

[Arh]

If only the amphitheater was intact, and other historical monuments ...

[FenH]

Quote: Arh

If only the amphitheater was intact, and other historical monuments ...

The main thing is that the CAA with our advisers has less losses there. People are more expensive than monuments

[Roman 57 rus]

Moreover, they could force their living to dress our uniform, and then shoot it

[tol100v]

Quote: cniza

, our advisers and a fully operational army.

Fence with flags and methodically click out this beast!

[DMB_95]

As it turned out, Iran decided to send special forces, snipers and instructors to help Syria. This is just in time. The Syrian army is now very useful. After all, one must step on and hold.

[FenH]

Quote: Oleg Lavrov

of course!! Our advisers did not work poorly on the tactics of the CCA !! And the result is not long in coming! We wish them good luck, against the background of the fact that NATO sprinkles poison and is going to conduct a ground operation!

Not CCA, but CAA. Do not confuse please

[In100gram]

Quote: Black

I hope the Syrian army was able to restore its combat capability

Very able. There appeared T-90 and Solntsepeki with modified Grads. This is an objective reality. Enough for everyone. And the support will be in sufficient volume, do not hesitate. Palmyra will be returned, further Racca

[Altona]

Quote: Black

I hope the Syrian army was able to restore its combat capability

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I hope, not without our help, with new ground equipment and small arms ...

[Galich Kos]

I hold fists for the Syrian army. Keep it up Comrade Assad

[Dmitry Potapov]

So Assad cheered up! GDP well done! It gave Assad and the army of the SAR an opportunity to prove himself as a force. Very diplomatic!

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Dmitry Potapov

So Assad cheered up! GDP well done! It gave Assad and the army of the SAR an opportunity to prove himself as a force. Very diplomatic!

Yeah, the fools of the mess are forced to admit that their plan to eliminate Assad failed)))

[APASUS]

There, it’s more likely that you need to cut down the supply points with weapons across the border of Turkey and Jordan, and you’ll have to fight for every dune

[ty60]

I think Assad is better off recognizing Kurdish autonomy as part of Syria. It’s a tactical step. However, in the future, there may be an autonomous Kurdistan with part of the Turkish territories.

[Oxana_iv]

Quote: ty60

I think Assad is better off recognizing Kurdish autonomy as part of Syria. It’s a tactical step. However, in the future, there may be an autonomous Kurdistan with part of the Turkish territories.

Syria + independent Kurdistan is better than neither one nor the other)))
Assad will have to compromise; he has no other choice. It may be necessary to sacrifice something else in order to preserve Syria as a country.

[demo]

The president today announced the figures for our losses - four people.
Pilot and commandos.
And who are the other two?

[g1v2]

Another guy hanged himself in the fall and it seems like another was Mr. case. But official figures are often crafty, but no big losses have been noticed. And by the way, infa appears that the planes are being withdrawn, and our turntables are becoming larger. It’s not even clear whether this is a conclusion, or rotation.

[Oxana_iv]

Quote: g1v2

It’s not even clear whether this is a conclusion, or rotation.

So they said that we deduce "the main part". And this is not a quantitative assessment, but a qualitative, subjective one. You can take three rusty canisters and say that they were the main one)) Like," I see it that way! "

[epsilon571]

Here is the complete information about the dead:

"... Meeting with servicemen of the Armed Forces of Russia
During a meeting in the Kremlin's St. George Hall, Vladimir Putin presented state awards to servicemen and specialists of the military-industrial complex who distinguished themselves in the performance of special tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic.
March 17, 2016 13:45
Moscow Kremlin

The event was attended by over 700 soldiers and officers of the Aerospace Forces, the Ground Forces and the Navy, as well as representatives of the military-industrial complex.
* * *
Vladimir Putin: Dear comrades! Dear friends!
I cordially greet you - all the servicemen who took part in the operation in Syria.
All of you - pilots, sailors, military personnel of command and control bodies, special forces, intelligence, communications and support units, military advisers - acted in a coordinated, collected and precise manner.

[epsilon571]

http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51526
Here, in this room, Elena Yurievna Peshkova, Valentina Mikhailovna Cheremisina, Irina Vladimirovna Pozynich and Yulia Igorevna Zhuravleva, the widow of our comrades who died in the fight against terrorists. I understand that for relatives, loved ones, friends, comrades in arms of Oleg, Ivan, Alexander, Fedor, their departure is an irreparable loss. We all take what happened as a personal grief. Therefore, they called your husbands, fathers, sons by their names.

[The black]

Military advisers - Zhuravlev and Cheremisin .. plus one hanged himself (Kostenko) ... only 5!

[Winter cherry]

Yes, he did not hang himself, foolishly went out into the city for something, and there he was captured by the barmalei.

[Galich Kos]

One who shot himself or hung himself up as a little bit cold-haired (the girl did not wait at home), and the second, a military adviser, died under shelling of militants not so long ago.
Of course, for an operation of this magnitude and duration, the losses are minimal!

[Mountain shooter]

Something about the adviser flashed somewhere that came under mortar fire. And one marine at the base committed suicide, allegedly because of a girl. For such a scale of combat operation - nothing at all. On large-scale exercises, more often losses are greater.

[agent russia]

permissible losses in exercises up to 1 percent

[PKK]

Who thinks about girls dies, who thinks about Stalin-survives. Law of War.

[novobranets]

Quote: demo

And who are the other two?

Another adviser died during mortar fire. And who is the fourth?

[Themi30]

There was another suicide.

[Ingvar 72]

Quote: demo

the figures for our losses are four people.

More men, more. A lot of people went there on a voluntary business trip. And participated in ground operations. And to be honest, not just out of solidarity with the Syrians - they paid well there. In any case, it is their choice, and their eternal memory.
And about the silence - remember the recently adopted law. That's why there are only 4.

[evge-malyshev]

Quote: demo

The president today announced the numbers of our losses - four people. A pilot and a commando. And who are the other two?

Four people battle losses:
Peshkov - the commander of the downed SU-24 crew;
The pilots of the rescue helicopter crew SU-24, shot by the Turkoman, - two people;
A paratrooper from a rescue helicopter, shot by Turkoman, is one person.
Non-combat losses - one person (personal tragedy).

[dogens]

Tell me, who knows, in other areas in Syria at least something is happening? or now all offensive actions are only under the palmyra?

[MARK]

Quote: dogens

Tell me, who knows, in other areas in Syria at least something is happening? or now all offensive actions are only under the palmyra?

Actually, a truce is going on ... They urinate the irreconcilable!

[avt]

Quote: dogens

or now all offensive actions are only under the palmyra?

"Water truce" - The Turks decided not to pick up a campaign in the north near Jerabruz and Azaz, I hope until the snow comes down from the passes in Turkey, so that the tuk would have something to do near Dearbakir.

Syrian armed forces, with the support of Hezbollah groups, broke through on Thursday into the museum complex of Palmyra, where the ruins of the ancient city are located.

This is reported by the Lebanese publication Ad-Diyar.

On the border with Jordan, it is also a peace type with the FSA. Well, God forbid, they take Palmyra and reach Der ez Zor and Rakkia - a completely different conversation will be in the "peace negotiations".

[Ingvar 72]

Interestingly, but our helicopter pilots, or Syrian?

[Mountain shooter]

The news is just great. The liberation of Palmyra is a landmark success. Barmalei will begin to roll back to Raqqa - the concentration of barmalei in one place - it’s only come on, it’s not to drive partisans through the desert, running into ambushes and land mines.

[mamont5]

Quote: demo

The president today announced the figures for our losses - four people.
Pilot and commandos.
And who are the other two?

It seems even five people.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that five Russian servicemen were killed during the operation in Syria.

During a reception in the Kremlin, where awards were presented to participants in a military operation, Vladimir Putin addressed the widows of the dead Russians, including Yulia Zhuravleva, the widow of a military man Fedor Zhuravlev.

Officials had not yet reported the death of the fifth soldier, but this was reported by the Conflict Intelligence Team, a team that was involved in, among other things, monitoring the Russian operation in Syria.

“Here, in this hall, Elena Yurievna Peshkova, Valentina Mikhailovna Cheremisina, Irina Vladimirovna Pozynich and Yulia Igorevna Zhuravleva, the widows of our comrades who died in the fight against terrorists. "
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/1701485.html

[Themi30]

Fifth of the MTR

Gauge Caliber (according to Russia24)

[BULB TARAS]

He served under contract in the GRU special forces. According to Reuters, Zhuravlev lived in the city of Solnechnogorsk near Moscow, where the Senezh special purpose center, part of the Special Operations Forces (MTR), is located.

When preparing the November material, Reuters asked the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the place of Zhuravlev’s death, but did not receive an answer.

According to RNS, which refers to a senior source in the Ministry of Defense, Zhuravlev was an officer and "carried out the tasks of guiding high-precision weapons of strategic aviation." The interlocutor of the agency refused to give his rank and specify in what troops he served.

Read more at RBC:
http://www.rbc.ru/politics/17/03/2016/56eac8b09a794743b2d1a691

[gg.na]

Great news! I am very happy !!! Urinate igilovtsev and this is very HAPPY !!!

[Blondy]

I'm worried about them, men, in the same place, as I understand it, the hardest fights are going on. I quote again

It is reported about the significant losses of the Syrian soldiers, forced to conduct an offensive on virtually flat terrain. ISIS militants have shot down several Syrian tanks, which in desert conditions become open targets for anti-tank complexes, which are among the terrorists.

. If there are several tanks, then this is already a lot for the Syrian army. Moreover, the news flashed that the Turks to the Ishilovites planted a fresh batch of TOW. To win there, you need cool eggs. I hope that life has made it possible for the Syrian military to understand what this means, and ours helped us to get comfortable in the military profession.

[RuslanNN]

Quote: agent rossii

permissible losses in exercises up to 1 percent

Nonsense, what is the permissible percentage? If there are people in the teachings of 10000, then 100 of the dead! Is that the norm?

[Ilotan]

Quote: agent rossii

permissible losses in exercises up to 1 percent

It is interesting who and when allowed? If you do not understand the topic - do not meddle with comments. Everyone who died, regardless of the scale of the exercises, is an emergency, for which heads and shoulder straps fly. You carry complete nonsense, dear.

[TEA]

What can I say .. Well done! How in the good old days they chop!

[Brain Yurich]

GDP: soak in the toilet!

[egor1712]

The fourth Russian officer killed in combat in Syria, Fedor Zhuravlev, aimed strategic bombers at a target.

[Taygerus]

I’m glad for the Syrians, good luck to them and give GOD without loss, well, to the expense of Russia, we haven’t completely left and can return as quickly as we entered earlier to support Assad, and our forces remained there, and if we had good Colombia planes fly too.
GOOD LUCK TO THE SYRIANS AND GIVE GOD!

[atamankko]

The people and the President of the SAR, the people of Russia wish you good luck in the war against Daesh.

[absurdity]

Quote: CERHJ

by the way, the recruitment is in full from 120 rubles on a "business trip" ..

Well this is unfortunately a promise. In New Russia, most of the musicians were thrown, they were completely injured and killed, they don’t even want to lead the rest through the hot ones for the status of a participant. A business is not indexed 2500 rubles per month. And the guys rotted on the training grounds for half a year and then hollowed dill. In the whole world, it is even more difficult in America, which the liberals praised, that people without legs and no hands are left without the promised citizenship, not like without money.

[AdekvatNICK]

igil eats already in full.

[aiden]

What do you think about this?
http://rusvesna.su/news/1458237679ВАЖНО: На видео ИГИЛ с убитым «российским военным» — сапёр спецназа Сирии, — источник (ВИДЕО) | Русская весна
As Russian Spring reported earlier, ISIS * terrorists published a video with the body of an allegedly Russian soldier who died today near Palmyra.
Video link.

[Anchonsha]

Well, now Rakke has become closer, where you need to get closer until the American coalition has figured out how to interfere.

[dchegrinec]

I have long wanted to hear that Palmyra is in good hands! Rats have settled and destroy historical value!