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

"In the province of Idlib, as a result of terrorists firing an anti-tank missile system from the Fatira region on positions of government forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Mellaja, one Syrian soldier was wounded," the statement said.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian President's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held a telephone conversation.