The corresponding statement was published on the page of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Facebook.

It is also reported that "in the province of Aleppo, as a result of a grenade attack by terrorists from the Beitarun region on positions of government forces in the area of ​​the Bakdin settlement, two Syrian soldiers were injured."

Earlier it was reported that the Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and UN Secretary General's special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held a telephone conversation.