The Russian General Staff has confirmed that helicopters involved in the search operation for Su-24 Mi-8 came under fire last night at the Syrian territory. As a result, one of the paratroopers was killed.

General Staff said that this time Syrian rebels opened fire. Syrian rebels released the video footage of the fact. Two helicopters, which carried out the search operation had to land right away. Russian crew were taken to the base, but one of the soldiers died during the incident.