The greatest loss of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since 2016: Syria is eliminated by the Colonel of the GRU (photo)

A high -ranking officer from Russia was in Syria at the end of December 2022. He could be fatally injured during the artillery shelling of the Russian headquarters in Latakia. In Syria, on the night of May 25 to 26, the highly ranking officer from Russia has been liquidated since 2016 - the Colonel of the GRU of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Oleg Casus. This was reported by Russian Telegram channels.

The death of the military is also referred to in the Internet groups of Podpozhia of the Leningrad region-a Russian colonel was born in this city. The Grushnik was 49 years old at the time of death. Social networks noted that he graduated from the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From 2020 he was appointed chairman of the department of application of special purpose units at the Ryazan Guards High Airborne Command School.

"A war veteran in the Chechen Republic, South Ossetia, the Syrian Arab Republic," the message said. The Russian military came to Syria only at the end of December 2022. The media suggested that he could have suffered fatal wounds during artillery shelling by the rebels of the Russian headquarters in Latakia. According to another version, the clogged died during a sabotage group.