The Russian Defense Ministry called the insinuations version of the death of the Russian military in Syria – Kommersant

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said the Russian military in Syria has committed suicide after discord relationship with a girl. So Defense Ministry spokesman commented on the data that appeared in the media about the death of a contractor in Syria from Russia Vadim Kostenko. “Information on deaths from suicide contract servicemen at the air base,” Hmeymim “officially confirmed by us immediately after the provisions for the procedures for incidents of this kind of inquiry … All the other supposedly” version of “the tragic death of the Russian contract servicemen, published in a number of Russian and especially foreign media are intentional insinuations and does not correspond to reality “- leads the” RIA Novosti “words of Mr. Konashenkova. According to him, a personal reason that has led to suicide, as well as the circumstances of his death have been established during the preliminary proceedings. “Tragically, such tragedies are no exception, and in other armies of the world, as not associated with military service, and with the age and personal characteristics particular young people”, – said Igor Konashenkov.

A journalist of” Novaya Gazeta “Yevgeny Titov in an interview with” Kommersant-FM »said that he was contacted relatives of the deceased Vadim Kostenko. They reported that the application is made to the police. Relatives require repeated medical examination. This is due to the fact that Vadim Kostenko, there are a number of strange injuries. In particular, according to relatives, his broken nose, his jaw broken, he had a broken neck, broken back his head and skived lap. In this regard, family members questioned the official version.

As reported by “Kommersant”, the parents contractor Vadim Kostenko, who became the first Russian soldiers killed in Syria, told Reuters on the last conversation with son. They said they did not believe in his suicide. The conversation took place the day before the death of the military. Mother Vadim Kostenko said that during daily telephone conversations, he was cheerful and laughed. Alexander Kostenko said that his son would never have committed suicide because of a girl.

As previously wrote “Y”, the Defense Ministry confirmed the deaths in Syria of contract of Krasnodar Krai Vadim Kostenko, who held the post of technical expert at the airbase “Hmeymim” near Latakia. According to the preliminary version of the military, cause of death was suicide, he hanged himself because of the discord in the relationship with his girlfriend. In connection with the incident under investigation.

For more information about the death of Russian troops in Syria, see the article “b”, “the Defense Ministry confirmed the death of a soldier at the airbase” Hmeymim. ‘”