Special forces in Syria. Officer with direct words about work in Syria. Secret losses of the MTR

On February 27, our country celebrated MTR Day of Russia and the rare footage Special Forces work special operations Russian Ministry of Defense in Syria.

Elite Russian Army captured in all its glory - details are clearly visible modern equipment and weapons. In the footage, special forces soldiers operate in the urban conditions of war-torn Aleppo and in the desert area of ​​Homs province - near ancient Palmyra.

The military has camouflage weapons in their hands with the latest sniper and collimator sights, as well as devices silent shooting. In addition, in the frame are Tiger armored vehicles, anti-tank complex and sniper rifles.

The MTR of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is an elite of elites, a concentration of experience, latest technologies And modern methods military labor.

The Special Operations Forces of the Ministry of Defense as part of the Armed Forces of our country are essentially special forces top level among all army special units. The MTR was created in 2009. Their tasks include mainly sabotage and reconnaissance operations. They know how to operate under water, on land and in the air, landing from many kilometers high and quietly approaching the enemy from the depths of the water.

In service with groups special purpose MTR contains a wide range of weapons from small arms before the latest armored vehicles, high-precision sniper systems and anti-tank missile systems.

For many years the fact of the existence of a new type of troops was hidden, but during the counter-terrorism operation in Syria Russian leadership officially recognized the presence of Special Operations Forces in the Middle East. The combat experience of military personnel who went through this war is already being studied, because even according to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, it was thanks to the actions of domestic special forces in Syria that great successes were achieved in a short period of time, including increasing the accuracy of air strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

"Russian Spring" I have written many times about the participation of Russian elite units in battles with international terrorism in various parts of Syria, and also published photographs and videos from this theater of war.

It is known that in Syrian Arab The Republic is coming testing of the latest special equipment designed for reconnaissance, detection and destruction of the enemy: infrared sights, thermal imagers, small reconnaissance drones and even combat robots are used.

All the experience of our military-industrial complex and special training has been united together for decades. MTR operations in the SAR are best characterized by the words “military surgical intervention": being deep behind enemy lines, with the help of high-precision sniper weapons special forces achieve critical results comparable to weeks of air strikes.

With Russian-speaking crew; officially Russian operation in Syria began on September 30, 2015). Unlike the war in Donbass, the participation of Russian forces in battles on the ground in one form or another was openly recognized (guiding aircraft to targets, instructors, guarding convoys, etc.) However, our team noticed that Russia is taking a differentiated approach to the Syrian losses, depending on what branch of the military the dead served in and what task they performed.

The Russian military department independently reported about the artilleryman Ivan Cheremisin who died in Syria, but did not mention his name - this information was subsequently established by journalists.

Almost every Russian soldier killed in Syria was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Secret losses of the MTR

Arkhireev Oleg

About a month ago, a relative of a Russian serviceman who died in Syria contacted us. This serviceman was a soldier of the Special Purpose Center "Senezh" (Special Operations Forces) Oleg Arkhireev. A close military man who contacted us said that, as in the case of Fyodor Zhuravlev, the relatives of the deceased were given papers stating that he died during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus. Despite this, the relatives know the truth that Oleg died in Syria, since he sent them photographs, and the real circumstances of his death were reported unofficially. We were unable to find confirmation in open sources that Oleg died in Syria, however, there are publications that note that he died while on duty by being blown up by a mine:

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One of the commemorative collages with photographs of the deceased shows a photograph of him from the time he studied at a military educational institution:

Based on the chevron, we established that Oleg is a graduate of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (RVVDKU):

We have established that Oleg is buried near Solnechnogorsk, in a separate area of ​​the cemetery where dead soldiers of the Special Operations Forces from Solnechnogorsk are buried (there is a similar area in the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery, where dead soldiers of the Special Operations Center of the FSB of the Russian Federation are buried):

At Oleg’s grave we found a wreath from military unit 01355:

Russian special operations forces combine two main units: the Senezh Special Purpose Center in Solnechnogorsk, as well as the Kubinka-2 Center - military unit 01355. That is A wreath from the MTR soldiers was laid on Oleg’s grave.

Sorochenko Maxim

Near the grave of Oleg Arkhireev, we discovered the grave of another Special Operations Forces soldier: Maxim Aleksandrovich Sorochenko

Maxim was awarded the Order of Kutuzov posthumously. In the upper right corner of the tombstone we see the MTR emblem:

We noticed that he died on November 19, 2015 - the same day as Fedor Zhuravlev, about whom:

Moreover, information was found in open sources that at the 10th anniversary international judo tournament among the police and army, car keys were presented to the widows of deceased military personnel, including both the widow of Fyodor Zhuravlev and the widow of Maxim Sorochenko (present in the photographs):

From here we conclude that since both Fedor Zhuravlev and Maxim Sorochenko were MTR fighters and died on the same day, and their widows were also awarded at the same time at the tournament, it is highly likely that they died in the same battle.

Suslov Sergey

Next to the graves of Oleg Arkhireev and Maxim Sorochenko there is also the grave of another Special Operations Forces soldier: Sergei Borisovich Suslov

Like most of the Russian military killed in Syria, Sergei Suslov was awarded the Order of Courage posthumously. However, he died on June 14, 2014, when the transfer had not even begun Russian troops to Syria, and the participation of Russian troops in the war in Donbass has only just begun to emerge. We still have to establish where exactly captain Sergei Borisovich Suslov died.

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Stories like this usually don't become public knowledge. They are silent about them. Both the participants in the actions themselves and the senior military leadership.

Only with the passage of time, the seal of secrecy is removed from some documents and then the world will know the truth...
And before that, there were only stories and legends among the military, among ordinary people. These stories are passed down from mouth to mouth, told over a good snack, in the kitchen, and often become the subject of heated discussions. Was it, wasn’t it?

In 2016, a special forces group was deployed behind militant lines in the area adjacent to Palmyra. The task included additional reconnaissance on the ground and coordination of the actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces to launch air strikes to support the Syrian army.

It was ordered to enter into fire contact only in case of emergency. But, if anything happens, in case of detection, air support for the Special Operations Forces (SSO) is guaranteed.

According to introductory intelligence data, there were American, perhaps also British and French special forces in the same area, who instructed the militants, but, of course, did not come under attack themselves. If something happened, they simply disappeared in unknown directions.

The group on foreigners did not receive any special instructions. But very often it turned out that instructors had to be released due to some specific and not always beautiful agreements. War is a disgusting thing, especially when there is no open confrontation in the sense in which politicians portray it.

After a while, our guys discovered a fortified area of ​​militants. The sniper, while watching through his sights, added to the intelligence report that there were clearly American and maybe British specialists among the terrorists. Determined by equipment. Moreover, in front of foreigners, militants had just executed two Syrians in military uniform government forces. They shot me in the back of the head.

Commander, of course they don’t kill themselves, but they don’t interfere either. Well, this is some kind of (further obscenities)... Maybe he should immediately let our air forces be covered so that the staff officers don’t find out? Otherwise they will start communicating through their own channels, as always, with requests and other things...

We don’t have direct instructions for the Americans, but you know, if they find out that they are caught in the mix, the politicians on the other side will raise such a howl - mother, don’t worry.

So, no better than action movies. They do not live by the laws of war. The Germans were kinder in WWII...

There is a difference between German and German. Just like Amer Amer. But these... yes, I agree with these. Falcon, inform our team that you have discovered a fortified area with a large concentration of manpower and equipment. Only the militants did not notice the foreigners. Apparently they are preparing an attack on Palmyra. It is necessary to cover it as early as possible, before the column moves out, while the collection is underway. Well, you know...

Yes, commander!

In principle, the commander was not very disingenuous. The militants were clearly going somewhere. It may happen to the city. The Americans, of course, will not attack. Most likely they will leave the area. They will call the turntables, as has happened more than once. And look for fistulas.
About twenty minutes later, two flights of Sushki flew over the heads of the MTR fighters and all hell broke loose over the fortified area... Several approaches and the fighters went beyond the horizon.

The MTR soldiers looked at the smoking ruins and moved on. There is still a lot of work ahead...

They say that some people in the United States were very indignant that the Russian Aerospace Forces covered the Americans and their allies along with the opposition, which should not be confused with militants, absolutely nothing... But the scandal was quickly hushed up. This is war. And that’s not what happens.

On top of everything, the amers were afraid to say something like this openly. After all, this could lead to direct confrontation with Russia. And they didn't really want that. We’re used to raking in the heat with someone else’s hands.

There is also evidence from the opposite side...
What the American special forces soldier, who introduced himself as Klein, told about is unlikely to ever be told or shown in the West. There, according to the soldier, they are hiding the truth about the losses in Syria with all their might.

But one day he felt in his own skin the full force of punishment for preparing Syrian terrorists, which led the US Special Operations Forces. The special forces soldier remembered this day for the rest of his life.

He told how, under the guise of instructors, he taught Syrian militants to kill for the benefit of America.

“With our help, the militants won for the sake of America - and that was the main thing,” the soldier admitted.

That was until he clashed with the Russians in Aleppo in 2016. The special forces soldier admitted that tame American militants had been “ironing” the city for a year.

The Russians created a real hell for the terrorists and their “instructors”, without giving a moment’s respite, pouring heavy fire on the enemy in support of the Syrian government troops.

In that battle, the special forces soldier received, as he admitted, a “mark” from a sniper. "As a keepsake." He never missed the militants - he hit them right in the head.

Having survived the “meat grinder”, American soldier ended up in the hospital. He spoke for the first time about what happened in Syria then.

Divisions Russian Forces special operations from the very beginning of the anti-terrorist operation in Syria have been performing tasks of particular importance deep behind terrorist lines, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports. Their highest tactical and special training, excellent knowledge of local customs and Syrian dialects, as well as unique modern weapons allow you to operate covertly throughout Syria and destroy terrorists in any situation. One of the main tasks assigned to SOF military personnel is to carry out reconnaissance and search operations to detect camouflaged control points, concentrations of terrorist manpower and equipment. Having determined the exact coordinates of terrorists, MTR officers, using the intelligence, control and communications complex (KRUS), transmit this data in real time to Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft on duty in the sky. In a matter of minutes, Russian Su-24 bombers and the latest Su-34 strike, hitting targets on the ground even ordinary aviation ammunition with one hundred percent accuracy. Small groups of terrorists in cars, as well as identified single armored vehicles and pick-up trucks of militants at the specified MTR coordinates are destroyed. Units of the Russian Special Operations Forces monitor the effectiveness of strikes on the spot and, if necessary, transmit new data to aviation or independently destroy the remnants of terrorists. During clashes with the enemy, MTR officers successfully repel counterattacks of terrorists, often outnumbering them by many orders of magnitude. With competent actions in defense, Special Operations Forces soldiers leave no chance for terrorists even if they use suicide bombs on cars and armored vehicles filled with explosives. Modern Russian kits anti-tank weapons any terrorist equipment is destroyed by special forces groups at the distant approaches to their positions, excluding losses among Russian military personnel; Russian aviation in Syria, despite the fact that it has many times fewer aircraft in the Middle East region, carried out 3 times more sorties and carried out 4 times more more missile and bomb strikes. During the execution of combat missions to destroy terrorists, Russian attack helicopters Mi-28 " Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator". More than 80 percent of the flight personnel of the Russian Aerospace Forces have gained combat experience. Thanks to Russian aviation Syrian troops liberated 705 settlements and more than 17 thousand sq. kilometers of its territory.

What allowed Russia to achieve impressive military successes in Syria? Limit the number of troops and reduce combat losses during a counter-terrorism operation? The answer lies on the surface. Russian Aerospace Forces pilots worked from the air, and MTR soldiers worked on the ground. How MTR fighters act “on the ground” can be seen in the video footage of the assault on Palmyra in Syria. No wonder they are called the elite of the armed forces.

It was these guys who destroyed the most odious field commanders of militants and groups of suicide bombers preparing to attack the checkpoints of the SAR army, as well as the “carts” of terrorists - pickup trucks with heavy machine guns or rocket launchers. Thanks to the MTR fighters, according to foreign media, government troops achieved success in Aleppo.

The equipment and weapons of SOF fighters allow them to complete a task in any region of the world, ensuring the security of Russia and its allies. Their arsenal includes camouflaged modern Russian small arms with optical and collimator sights, silent shooting devices and foreign-made high-precision sniper systems.

When carrying out combat missions, MTR soldiers use special techniques related to subversive, counter-terrorism, counter-sabotage, reconnaissance and sabotage and other actions. The widespread use of special forces, including for aircraft guidance, has significantly increased the effectiveness of Russia’s Syrian special operation. At the same time, the MTR of France, the USA, Great Britain and other countries of the Western coalition against ISIS in Syria and Iraq are inferior in capabilities and professional training to the Russian MTR.

Recently, footage of the work of MTR soldiers during the capture of Palmyra got into the network. Russian special forces worked in multitasking: reconnaissance and identification of critical targets, disruption offensive operations and ISIS counterattacks, coordination and cover of the advancing orders of government troops and the FSA. Special forces destroy infantry, armored vehicles and carts of militants, direct attack aircraft to terrorist targets.

The fact that the Special Operations Forces were working in Syria ceased to be hidden last spring. And in this video you can see how coordinatedly and accurately the MTR fighters work, destroying the positions of terrorists. They left no chance for the terrorists to escape. The elite of the Russian troops, where each fighter is a unique specialist, of which there are only a few in the world. Without the support of Special Operations Forces officers, the SAR army and their allies simply would not be able to achieve success in battles against terrorists.