This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) Kenneth Mackenzie.
He also said that special forces had removed a large amount of materials and electronic devices from the site of the elimination of al-Baghdadi.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that American soldiers destroyed the first deputy al-Baghdadi.
October 27, Trump announced that the leader of the IG was destroyed during a US special operation in Syria.
In turn, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that there was no evidence of information about the US military conducting an operation to destroy the leader of the “Islamic State” in Syrian Idlib.
* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.