According to him, on December 21, at 12:40, "a detachment of militants of the Khayyat Tahrir Al-Sham group, with a total number of up to 100 people, attempted to break through the defense of the Syrian government forces in the direction of the settlement of Karratin al-Kebir in Idlib province."
He said that the attack was stopped "by artillery fire of the armed forces of the SAR, as a result of which the attackers suffered significant losses."
Also at 19:00, militants tried to attack the positions of the SAR army north of the village of Sukayyat, Idlib province, "using a mined armored car under the control of a suicide bomber."
“The fire of government forces killed the martyr-mobile,” Borenkov said.
He added that "as a result of shelling from multiple launch rocket systems by armed groups, 6 Syrian troops were killed, 13 more were injured of varying severity."
Earlier, Borenkov said that as a result of an attack by militants in the province of Idlib, three Syrian soldiers were killed and another 20 were injured.
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.