The Russian hero of the victim in Syria. Russian heroes of the Syrian War
Almost every cemetery of our immense country there is at least one grave of the soldier who died in Afghanistan. Similar situation in some other Soviet republics. It is terrible to imagine how many lives the war took place. According to official data of the USSR leadership, about 546 thousand people passed through Afgan, and the number of dead reaches the numbers of 15 thousand. Tens of thousands of wounded and infected with various diseases, hundreds of missing ... Creepy ten years, but without loss of personnel, such confrontation could not do.
Today, the war in the Middle East, this time Syria became the epicenter of hostilities. I immediately want to note one fact for which many for some reason do not pay attention: this country is not so far from Russia and closer than the same Afghanistan. An extra reason to think about whether the criticism was fair to Moscow who responded to the cry on the assistance from Damascus in the fall of 2015.
Prevent the spread of Islamism - the task of the whole world. And Russian volunteers considered their duty to be now there - on the front line. No need to regularly monitor the news to understand how well the sense of patriotism is developed in our country today. The atrocities of jihadists, ruthlessly dealt with innocent citizens, regularly enter the network, signaling about the global threat emanating from the game *. No one can calmly look at how terrorists destroy the peaceful population of Syria daily, but there are those who risking their lives ready to resist this evil.
A lot of Russians went to Syria, seeking to prevent bloodshed war in Russia and destroy terrorists on distant borders. Their courage and courage rightly cause admiration: not everyone is ready to leave their home and leave to fight for the next remaining.
This is not some small local conflict, and a fierce war in which one of the most dangerous and deadly international extremist organizations participate. Nevertheless, the number of dead militants is measured with tens of thousands. Unfortunately, it was not without loss in the ranks of our volunteers. According to the latest data, since September, by last year to date, the number of dead did not exceed 30 people.
Of course, even to one interrupted human life, you can not attach the adverb "little" or the concept of "minor losses". Every deceased fighter is the wrong loss, both for his relatives and loved ones and for the whole country. Russia lost real heroes, voluntarily fought for our bright future with you. However, if you compare this figure with similar indicators of the Afghan war, then there they turned around there for approximately the same losses every 10 days. Situations are radically different, but similar to the ultimate goal - the desire of Russians with the price of their own life to protect the borders of the native country.
Guys who voluntarily walk in Syria can and should be considered real heroes. They have already made a huge contribution to the final success, which, apparently, is no longer outside the corner. The Arab Republic is systematically cleaned from terrorists, militants carry serious losses and lose sources of income. We will always remember the feats of Russian volunteers who are heroically fighting the militants away from their homeland. After all, they are today risking their own lives for our prosperous continuation of our.
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Now the name of the hero, who is a whole week, being in the rear of the enemy, brought our planes to the goal, and then caused fire on himself. Alexander Prokhorenkocomes from a small village of Town on Orenburg. Alexander was a graduate of the Military Academy of the Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Marshal Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky.
Official message: "When performing a special task to guide the blows of Russian aircraft on the purpose of terrorists, the Russian Special Operations officers died. The officer performed a combat challenge in the Palmyra area during the week, identifying the most important objects of Igilovtsev and issuing accurate coordinates for strikes by Russian aircraft. The soldier heroically died, causing fire on himself, after the terrorists were discovered and surrounded. "
Russian special forces officer performed the dangerous operation of the advanced aircraft industry. The work of the aircraft carrier is always considered deadly. They are always a special attitude towards them. The work of the advanced aircraft carrier not only contributes to the success of combat operations. Of their skills, courage and ability to self-sacrifice depends often and the lives of dozens, or even hundreds of fighters fighting on Earth. The aircate is not simply extended to the forefront, it often works literally at the arrangement of the enemy, is located in the "Laugh of the Enemy". Most often work alone - it is so easier to secretly get to the enemy and remain imperceptible. The aircraft carrier goes to the rear of the enemy, carrying means of communication, equipment, ammunition. Knowing that it will be especially diligently hunting. And the enemies do everything to discover and destroy the adjustment of air strikes.
The fearless officer was surrounded by terrorists. Not wanting to die without struggle, he ordered the command to reset bombs at his location and died from an explosion. He was only 25 years old. In their homeland, the Russian officer remained parents and the young wife of Catherine, who is waiting for the child. The family of Alexander was a lot of military, his brother also finishes military school. Alexander since childhood dreamed of becoming an officer. School finished with a silver medal, an academy with gold. The usual Russian guy from the usual Russian peasant family.
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Military operations of Russia in Syria lasted for almost two years and ended with almost complete destruction of terrorists in the territory of the Arab Republic. It is possible to achieve the fulfillment of the tasks they would have to accounte much longer if it were not for the dedication of Russian servicemen who and today guard order in the Middle East.
"Russian Rambo"
March 17, 2016. Senior Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, a week alone, who corrected the fire of Russian aviation in the very rear of the enemy in the Palmyra area, was surrounded by terrorists. The militants spotted his shelter and tried to take a military capture. But he accepted an unequal battle and at the moment when the ammunition was already on the outcome, asked the command to apply the aircraft in their coordinates.
The Western media admirmed by Alexander Prokhorenko called him "Russian Rambo". However, for some Russians, the parallel with the Hollywood character seemed insulting. For them, he is a hero of Russia, who gave his life, serving his homeland.
However, no matter how older Lieutenant named, his words "causing fire on themselves" became a symbol of dedication not only in our country, but also throughout the world.
One against 200.
June 3, 2016. Captain Marat Akhmetshin, according to his father, performed a combat challenge under Palmyra - apparently, carried out the functions of a military instructor. At the time of attacking the militants forbidden in Russia, the Terrorist Group of the Islamic State of the soldier was one against 200 people.
Terrorists have tanks and a good breakdown, Ahmetshina has garnets and four guns. But this did not prevent the captain to give a fight and beat several units of technology.
As a result of the collision, the military received several deadly injuries, but when the submarine arrived, he was still alive. In his hands, he turned out to be a grenade without checks, which Akhmetshin certainly used was if the Igilovians approached.
The feat of the captain for a long time remained secret. His funeral in secrecy regime was held on June 6. According to the official version, the voiced family, he "died when performing a combat knowledge of the military contingent in Syria."
However, on June 23, the President of Russia awarded Ahmetshin by the title of Hero of Russia "For courage and heroism when performing special tasks." And only six months after that, the media became the meager details of what happened to the captain.
16 in the field of warriors
May 2017. A closed decree of the president, four fighters of a group of special forces awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Their posts and call sign are unknown, only names and titles: Daniel, Eugene, Roman and Vyacheslav are two lieutenant colonel and two captains.
Some time ago, they and another 12 people took a fight against several hundred militants. The group gained a task to navigate the province of Aleppo, from where the information was received about the frequent attacks of Jebhat An-Nusra (the organization prohibited in Russia - ed.) On the defensive positions of government forces. She was charged with reconnaissance and identify the coordinates of places of accumulation of equipment and the living force of the enemy.
During the operation of the Russian military suddenly attacked the militants. The terrorists fired them from the settings of Grad, guns, mortars and even tanks. Because of the confusion, the Syrian troops emerged, the special forces group remained alone on the advanced positions.
Attators were about three hundred. All of them, as it turned out later, were well equipped. On the first day of defense, the Russians beat four attacks of terrorists, destroying the tank, a chashid mobile with its covering bulldozer and an anti-aircraft installation of Zu-23 by car.
In total, the group held more than a day until government troops approached. So the Russian servicemen retained possession of strategically important altitudes and, perhaps, saved dozens of soldiers of the Syrian army. Not in vain on the presentation to the award, the president wrote by his hand: "I personally personally."
"This is your guys!"
February 3, 2018. Guard Major Roman Filipov made a deployment zone of the Deeschalation "Idlib". Near the town of Seracib, his Su-25cm was shot down by a shot from the portable anti-aircraft missile complex - allegedly Soviet "needles" or the American "Stinger".
After unsuccessful attempts to keep the aircraft in the air, the pilot decided to erase. Landing, Filipov was surrounded by militants: judging by the records of terrorists, there were no less than ten. Having made a position for the boulder, the Guard Major shot himself from the attackers from the only weapon - the pistol of Stechkin, was injured. According to the evil irony, the second store at the pilot jammed at half, because of which he missed several very necessary cartridges.
When the militants were closely close, Roman Filipov, hoping to hook several jihadists, hung himself a grenade. On the video that filmed the militants is clearly audible, as he shouted before that, he shouted: "This is your guys!"
The Russian military destroyed the Russian military destroyed three dozen militants in the square of the aircraft drops. And the Guard Major a few days later was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
Know ours
All the exploits made by our guys in Syria, listed hardly possible. The number of heroes of Russia, who received this title for their actions in the Arab Republic, has exceeded two dozen. Some of them received a reward posthumously, like the same lieutenant colonel Oleg Peshkov, the plane of which was shot down by the Turkish fighter, or the Range of Habibullin, who was preparing pilots for the Syrian operation and deceased with a helicopter drop in the Palmyra region.
To someone, as another naughty, Efreitor Denis Votturyagin, who, together with his group, lasted in unequal battle, was lucky to stay alive.
Of course, there are many among the heroes of representatives of the High Cabinets. But even more - simple soldiers who daily performed their debt thousands of kilometers from their homeland, risking her own life. They are hundreds, if not thousands.
And let no one have the right to rank specific actions of the military according to the degree of heroism. But, every Russian can confidently name the main feat of his compatriots in Syria's liberation of the country from terrorists.
It is thanks to soldiers and officers from Russia, simple pilots, instructors and saphers, the republic, which was a few years ago on the verge of collapsed, received a chance to move to peace recovery.
It is thanks to them that the terrorist threat was not sprawling around the world and was destroyed almost in the bud.
Roman Filipov
Roman Filipov / OK.RUOn February 3, 2018, in the sky over the province of Idlib in the north-west Syria, the SU-25SM VKSM aircraft was shot down, on board who was Major Roman Filipov. After the plane got hitting the right wing, the pilot tried to linake and leave the lesion zone, but the air control was broken. Filipov catapulted, having time to report on his decision command.
Later, the connection with the pilot disappeared. According to preliminary data of the Russian Federation, the plane was shot down by a shot of a portable anti-aircraft missile complex (CRKK). Responsibility for a shot down attack aircraft and the death of the pilot took over the militants of the Alliance "High Tahrir Ash-Sham", created on the basis of (prohibited in Russia). According to another information, the aircraft shot down the militants of the grouping "Jake An-Nasr" (prohibited in Russia).
Next day after the incident on the Internet, a video appeared on which the last Filipov battle was suppressed. In the video, armed people first run to some kind of object on Earth, and then bounce off from him, after which the explosion is visible, and the words "are you for your guys!", Presumably belonging to the Philip himself. In order not to give up, he undermined himself a manual grenade, shot two attackers from the tablet pistol Stacks.
As told in the Ministry of Defense, the body of the deceased pilot was returned to Russia on February 3 by the Russian military intelligence when interacting with Turkish colleagues.
On February 8, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense said goodbye to Filipov at the Chkalovsky Military Airfield near Moscow, reports.
"Major Filipov with honor fulfilled his military debt, retained the faithfulness of the oath, brought himself sacrificing in the fight against the enemy and thus put himself in the first number of the best defenders of the Fatherland," said Nikolai Pankov Defense Deputy Minister.
Earlier, the head of the military department presented the hero of the Russian Federation who died to assign the title of the title.
On February 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin assigned to Philip this title. "For heroism, courage and courage, manifested in the performance of military debt, assign the title of Hero of the Russian Federation by Major Filipov Roman Nikolayevich (posthumously)," the decree says.
Filipov was an experienced aviator and was not the first time on a business trip in Syria, told in the Ministry of Defense. Major brilliantly performed dozens of combat martial treasures against terrorists and repeatedly accompanied the humanitarian columns of the Russian Center for the reconciliation of the warring parties (CPVS). During its last flight, Philips made a departure zone of Deeschalation "Idlib" to control the observance of the cease-fire regime.
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On November 24, 2015, the Turkish fighter knocked down the SU-24M Russian bomber in the Syrian province of Latakia, a kilometer from the border with Turkey. The aircraft VKS Russia performed in Syria a combat challenge. According to the Turkish side, he flew into the airspace of Turkey, after which two Turkish F-16 fighters flew to his interception. According to Ankara, after a number of warnings, the Turkish pilot opened fire for defeat and hit the Russian aircraft. According to Moscow, Su-24 did not violate the airspace of Turkey and was shot down by Turkish military in violation of all norms.
Two pilots were located in Su-24: the crew commander Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov and the navigator. They both managed to erase, but they only managed to fly. Peshkova was shot from the automata local militants, while he was still in the air. Among the flying, after landing, about a day was hidden from the opponents looking for his opponents, after which it was found by the Syrian military and delivered to the Russian air base.
When you try to save Russian pilots, who were in the SU-24 shot down, another Russian military - the marine, who participated in the search and rescue operation died.
On the day of the SU-24 catastrophe in search of the pilots, the helicopters of the CVC of Russia flew out, and one of them - Mi-8, on board which was pose, was fired by the militants from the ground.
On November 25, 2015, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia, and Morpene Alexander Pozynhu, also posthumously, was assigned the Order of courage. The same Order received the survivor of the SU-24 accident, Konstantin Mushtin.
Marat Akhmetshin
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In June 2016, the captain-artillerist of the Russian army Marat Akhmetshin was killed in Syrian Palmyra. According to RBC, he was the head of intelligence headquarters of the Gaubic self-propelled-artillery division of the 9th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Western Military District.
As told in the Ministry of Defense, on that day a large detachment of militants of the "Islamic state" (IG, the organization is prohibited in Russia) attacked the position of the Syrian government army and, breaking through the defense, rapidly moved deep into. The reserve divisions of the Syrian troops to curb the onset of the IG at that time in that direction did not turn out, and the militants could capture strategically important heights.
The Mi-35 crew, which was commanded by Habibullin, received a request for the firing defeat of the coming militants, and the colonel decided to attack terrorists. As a result of the action of the crew of the helicopter, the onset of terrorists was torn.
However, when the crew spent ammunition, terrorists beat him from the ground. Mi-35 fell in the area under the control of the Syrian army, both pilots died.
After the wreck of the helicopter, Putin posthumously assigned Habibullin the title of Hero of Russia, Dolgin posthumously received the Order of courage. As colleagues told, Habibullin was one of the most experienced Russian military pilots: he fought in Chechnya, in Georgia in 2008, the instructor prepared dozens of other combat pilots, had many awards.
Alexander Prokhorenko
Alexander Prokhorenko
Wikimedia Commons25-year-old officer of Special Forces Alexander Prokhorenko died in Syria in March 2016. When performing a combat mission to guide air strikes on terrorists in the Palmyra region, he was surrounded and caused fire on himself. By decree Putin, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Russia. The funeral of the officer was held in his native village the towns of Tulgansky district of the Orenburg region on May 6, 2016.
Having learned about the feat of Prokhorenko, the British tabloid The Daily Mirror called him "Russian Rambo".
"The brave Russian special forces who carried out a single task in the style of Rambo on the hunt for militants IG, heroically died, causing an air strike," the publication wrote.
Have a mother, father, younger brother and a pregnant wife. For more than two months, relatives were waiting for the body of their relatives to their homeland.
At the request of the Russian side, his remains after complex negotiations with jihadists were able to return the Kurdish militants.
