“On the patrol route of the Russian military police in the province of Derya in southern Syria, about 700 meters west of the settlement of Anhul near a convoy, a self-made shell-free explosive device was blown up,” the CPVS statement said.

It is noted that the second explosion occurred when a unit of the Syrian security agencies arrived at the scene.

According to reports, as a result of the incident, none of the Russian military was injured, while the car of the Syrian security agencies was damaged due to the second explosion, and two employees were slightly injured.

Earlier in the southern part of Idlib province, Syrian sappers destroyed a cave, which was used by militants as a refuge, a store of ammunition and weapons.