Parents killed in Syria contractor refused to believe in suicide – RBC

The Russian air group, headquartered at the airport “Hmeymim” in Syria

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Parents killed in Syria Russian military Vadim Kostenko – Alexander and Svetlana Kostenko – do not believe in the story of the suicide of their son. They stated in an interview with Reuters.

«I will never believe in this version” – leads the agency Svetlana Kostenko. She said she spoke with Vadim on Saturday, the day of his death. “We talked on the phone every day for half an hour [Saturday], he was pleased to have fun and laugh,” – she added.

«We were told that he had hanged himself because of a girl. He would never have done. I know very well my son, “- said Alexander Kostenko.

The younger sister of Kate Vadim and his aunt Anna Musienko told Reuters, which also do not believe in the suicide theory. According to them, Vadim had a good relationship with his girlfriend, summer, he introduced her to his family and was planning to marry her.

Musienko also said that her nephew was proud of serving in the armed forces and sought to become a pilot. According to her, Vadim told relatives that he and his friends could not refuse to serve in Syria, when there was such a possibility.

On Tuesday, October 27, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the death in a Syrian soldier -kontraktnika Vadim Kostenko, who served in Syria as a technician. The Defense Ministry explained that Kostenko was killed in a suicide at the airbase Hmeymim in Syria. According to the ministry, he “committed suicide during rest after duty.” “According to preliminary information received, including the analysis of SMS messages to his phone, caused the death of contract was the disorder in a personal relationship with the girl,” – reported in the Ministry of Defence (quoted by Interfax). Who is being investigated all the circumstances of the tragedy, was added to the Defense Ministry.

Earlier, the deaths in Syria Russian contract soldiers – 19-year-old Vadim Kostenko – activist group reported Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT). They referred to the profiles of friends and relatives of the contractor on the social networks.

One of the next of kin Kostenko told RBC that on 14 September he was sent to Syria on October 25 the family reported the death of a contractor. According to the source of RBC, family in the military initially said that Kostenko hanged. Later part of the reported that the soldier was found dead, without specifying details of the incident. Relative Kostenko told RBC that is currently contractor is a body in Mozdok (North Ossetia).