Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria explained

The Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war started on 30 September 2015, with 4,000 Russian military personnel being stationed in Syria.[1] The Russian forces also consisted of 25 strategic bombers,[2] 20 tactical bombers,[3] 12 attack bombers,[4] 8 fighter aircraft,[5] [6] 16 attack helicopters[7] [8] and various other aircraft.

As of spring 2019, there have been 116 officially confirmed Russian Armed Forces fatalities in the war.[9] Also, two investigative groups, Fontanka and the Moscow-based Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), reported a conservative estimate of at least 73–101 private military contractors (PMCs) being killed between October 2015 and mid-December 2017,[10] 40–60 of whom died during the first several months of 2017, according to Fontanka[11] and one more PMC was killed in late December 2017. [12] In early 2018, the founder of CIT stated the PMCs' death toll was at least 100–200,[13] while another CIT blogger said at least 150 were killed and more than 900 were wounded.[14] They belonged to the Russian company "Wagner".[10] In February 2018, a number of Russian PMCs were reported to have been killed during the Battle of Khasham. Estimation of casualties varies with some sources reported up to 200 Russian contractors died during the strikes. [15] [16] On 15 March 2023, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 266 Russian PMCs were killed in Syria during the civil war.[17]

In addition, at least 23 fighters have been killed that were possibly regular military, but their status has not been officially confirmed.[18]

List of fatalities

Confirmed

The following list contains 141 servicemen listed as killed among the regular Russian Armed Forces and 6 officers of the Russian Federal Security Service:[19] [20]

Date of deathNameRankAgeBranchCause of deathLocation of death
1 October 2015Edward SokurovSergeant29346th Special Purpose Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fireN/A[21] [22]
24 October 2015Vadim KostenkoPrivate19Russian Air ForceNon-hostile (suicide)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate[23] [24]
19 November 2015Maxim SorochenkoCaptain31Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fireN/A[25] [26]
19 November 2015Fyodor ZhuravlyovCaptain27Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fireN/A[27] [28]
24 November 2015Oleg PeshkovLieutenant colonel45Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Syria–Turkey border, Latakia Governorate[29]
24 November 2015Alexander PozynichSeaman29Russian MarinesHostile fire (shootdown)Syria–Turkey border, Latakia Governorate[30]
1 February 2016Ivan CheremisinLieutenant colonel42Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fire (mortar attack)Latakia Governorate[31] [32] [33]
17 March 2016Alexander ProkhorenkoSenior lieutenant25Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fire (air-strike)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[34] [35]
12 April 2016Andrey OkladnikovMajor38Russian Air ForceNon-hostile (helicopter crash)Homs, Homs Governorate[36] [37]
12 April 2016Viktor PankovN/AN/ARussian Air ForceNon-hostile (helicopter crash)Homs, Homs Governorate
7 May 2016Anton YeryginSergeant31Hostile fire (sniper fire)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[38] [39]
24 May 2016Asker BizhoevN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (shelling)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[40]
3 June 2016Captain359th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 3rd Motor Rifle DivisionHostile firePalmyra, Homs Governorate[41] [42]
7 June 2016Mikhail ShirokopoyasJunior sergeant3535th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)Moscow, Russia (wounds from Aleppo Governorate)[43] [44]
9 June 2016Oleg ArhireevCaptain28Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fire (landmine)N/A
14 June 2016Sergei PechalnovSenior lieutenant28Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fire (landmine)Moscow, Russia (wounds from 9 June 2016, in Syria)[45]
16 June 2016Andrey TimoshenkovSergeantN/ARussian MarinesHostile fire (suicide car-bomb)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate
(wounds from Homs Governorate)[46]
8 July 2016Evgeny DolginLieutenant24Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[47]
8 July 2016Colonel51Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[48]
22 July 2016Nikita ShevchenkoPrivateN/AN/AHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Aleppo Governorate[49]
1 August 2016Roman PavlovCaptain3392nd Helicopter Squadron, Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate[50] [51] [52]
1 August 2016Oleg ShelamovSenior lieutenant2992nd Helicopter Squadron, Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate
1 August 2016Pavel ShorohovCaptain4192nd Helicopter Squadron, Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate
1 August 2016N/AN/AN/ARussian Center for ReconciliationHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate
1 August 2016N/AN/AN/ARussian Center for ReconciliationHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate
7 September 2016Evgeny ZakharchenkovJunior sergeant2814th Special Purpose Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fireN/A[53] [54]
22 September 2016Igor ChernyshovMajor32Spetsgruppa "A", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireOfficially listed as killed in Dagestan, Russia[55]
5 December 2016Nadezhda DurachenkoSergeant40 (around)Ministry of Defence's special medical unitHostile fire (shelling)Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate[56] [57]
5 December 2016Galina MikhaylovaSergeant40 (around)Ministry of Defence's special medical unitHostile fire (shelling)Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate
7 December 2016Colonel445th Guards Tank Brigade, 36th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate[58] [59]
16 February 2017Pavel KozachenkovMajor31Russian MarinesHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Tiyas Military Airbase, Homs Governorate (four kilometers west)[60] [61] [62]
16 February 2017Vadim MagamurovSenior lieutenant31Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)Hostile fire (improvised explosive device)Tiyas Military Airbase, Homs Governorate (four kilometers west)[63] [64]
16 February 2017Sergey SeninLieutenant colonel43N/AHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Tiyas Military Airbase, Homs Governorate (four kilometers west)[65] [66]
16 February 2017Andrei ZekunovColonel44152nd Guards Missile Brigade, Russian MarinesHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Tiyas Military Airbase, Homs Governorate (four kilometers west)[67]
2 March 2017Artyom GorbunovPrivate2496th Reconnaissance Brigade, 1st Guards Tank ArmyHostile firenear Palmyra, Homs Governorate[68] [69]
9 April 2017Alexei GoncharenkoN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Hama Governorate[70] [71]
9 April 2017Igor ZavidnyN/A34N/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Hama Governorate[72]
18 April 2017Sergey BordovMajorN/ARussian MarinesHostile fireHama Governorate[73] [74]
27 April 2017Alexei ChugunovJunior sergeant3914th Special Purpose Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fire (mortar attack)N/A[75]
27 April 2017Bogdan DerevitskyJunior sergeant2414th Special Purpose Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fire (mortar attack)N/A
2 May 2017Alexei BuchelnikovLieutenant colonelN/AN/AHostile fire (sniper fire)N/A[76]
10 July 2017Nikolay AfanasovCaptain33N/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Hama Governorate[77] [78]
2 August 2017Kurban KasumovCaptain313rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fire (mortar attack)Hama Governorate or Raqqa Governorate[79] [80]
3 August 2017Valery EmdyukovN/A303rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fire (mortar attack)N/A[81] [82]
4 September 2017N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Deir ez-Zor Governorate[83]
4 September 2017N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Deir ez-Zor Governorate
19 September 2017Alexei GoynyakMajor33Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile fireN/A[84]
22 September 2017Alexei KolganovSenior sergeantN/AN/AHostile fireN/A
23 September 2017Valery AsapovLieutenant general515th ArmyHostile fire (mortar attack)Deir ez-Zor Governorate[85]
30 September 2017Valery FedyaninColonelN/A61st Naval Infantry BrigadeHostile fire (mortar attack)Moscow, Russia (wounds from Hama or Deir ez-Zor Governorate)[86] [87]
10 October 2017Yuri KopylovCaptain42Russian Air ForceNon-hostile (plane crash)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate[88]
10 October 2017Yuri MedvedkovCaptainN/ARussian Air ForceNon-hostile (plane crash)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate
31 December 2017N/AN/AN/ARussian Air ForceNon-hostile (helicopter crash)15 km from Hama Military Airport, Hama Governorate[89]
31 December 2017N/AN/AN/ARussian Air ForceNon-hostile (helicopter crash)15 km from Hama Military Airport, Hama Governorate
31 December 2017Renat GimadievN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Khmeimim air base, Latakia Governorate[90]
31 December 2017N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Khmeimim air base, Latakia Governorate
3 February 2018Roman FilipovMajor3337th Mixed Aviation Regiment, Russian Air ForceHostile fire (shootdown)Idlib Governorate[91] [92]
6 March 2018Vladimir EremeevMajor generalN/A27th Guards Motor Rifle BrigadeNon-hostile (airplane crash)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate[93]
6 March 201838 other deaths
(see list of 36 names here https://proza.ru/2018/04/16/1124)
1 Colonel, 6 Majors,
2 Captains, 29 Junior
Officers and Sergeants[94]
N/AN/ANon-hostile (airplane crash)Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate[95]
3 May 2018Albert DavidyanCaptain MayorN/ARussian Air ForceNon-hostile (airplane crash)Mediterranean Sea near Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate[96] [97]
3 May 2018Konstantin DobrynskyCaptain33Russian Air ForceNon-hostile (airplane crash)Mediterranean Sea near Khmeimim airbase, Latakia Governorate
6 May 2018Nikolay GushchinLieutenant Colonel3918th Army Aviation BrigadeNon-hostile (helicopter crash)eastern Syria[98] [99]
6 May 2018Roman MiroshnichenkoLieutenant2418th Army Aviation BrigadeNon-hostile (helicopter crash)eastern Syria
13 May 2018Igor MelyantsevColonel53Special Operations Forces (SSO)Non-hostile (Heart attack)N/A[100]
23 May 2018Kirill PolischukN/A25200th Artillery Brigade, 29th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)near Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate[101] [102]
23 May 2018N/AN/AN/A200th Artillery Brigade, 29th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)near Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
23 May 2018N/AN/AN/A200th Artillery Brigade, 29th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)near Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
23 May 2018N/AN/AN/A200th Artillery Brigade, 29th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)near Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
2 July 2018Alexander PopovColonel43Special Operations Forces (SSO)Non-hostile (Heart attack)N/A[103]
17 September 201815 servicemenN/AN/AN/AFriendly fire (shootdown)Mediterranean Sea, near Latakia Governorate[104]
31 January 2019Maxim PletnevSergeant24Special Operations Forces (SSO)Hostile firenear Massasneh, Hama Governorate[105] [106]
23 February 2019Suhrob KarimovMajor3538th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 35th Combined Arms ArmyHostile firenear Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate[107] [108] [109]
23 February 2019Albert OmarovColonelN/A3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile firenear Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate[110]
23 February 2019N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile firenear Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate
18 January 2020N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireIdlib Governorate[111] [112]
18 January 2020N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireIdlib Governorate
18 January 2020N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireIdlib Governorate
18 January 2020N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireIdlib Governorate
1 February 2020Bulat AhmatyanovMajor32Spetsgruppa "S", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireAleppo, Aleppo Governorate[113] [114]
1 February 2020Dmitry MinovCaptain34Spetsgruppa "K", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireAleppo, Aleppo Governorate
1 February 2020Ruslan GimadievMajor41Spetsgruppa "K", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireAleppo, Aleppo Governorate
1 February 2020Vsevolod TrofimovLieutenant32Spetsgruppa "S", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireAleppo, Aleppo Governorate
11 March 2020N/AN/AN/AN/ANon-hostile (traffic accident)Tartus Governorate[115]
22 June 2020Anton KopeikinLieutenant colonel43Spetsgruppa "B", Federal Security ServiceHostile fireN/A[116]
18 August 2020Vyacheslav GladkikhMajor-GeneralN/AN/AHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Deir ez-Zor Governorate[117]
6 September 2020Mikhail MilshinSergeantN/AN/AHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Moscow, Russia (wounds from Deir ez-Zor Governorate)[118] [119]
14 January 2021Mikhail KlimentsovEnsignN/ASpetsnaz GRUHostile fireIdlib Governorate[120]
9 June 2021N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fire (land mine)Al-Hasakah Governorate[121]
9 September 2021Alexey SneiderLieutenant colonel4561st Marine BrigadeHostile fire (improvised explosive device)Homs Governorate[122]
25 May 2023Oleg PechevistyColonel49N/AHostile fireN/A[123]
12 June 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireAleppo Governorate[124]
13 October 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AFriendly fireAl-Hasakah Governorate[125]
13 October 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AFriendly fireAl-Hasakah Governorate
13 October 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AFriendly fireAl-Hasakah Governorate
13 October 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AFriendly fireAl-Hasakah Governorate
14 December 2023N/AN/AN/AN/AHostile fireDaraa Governorate[126]

Status unclear

The following list contains another 23 killed that were possibly regular military, but were not officially confirmed.[18]

Date of deathNameRankAgeBranchCause of deathLocation of death
19 June 2016Vladimir BekishColonel425th Guards Tank Brigade, 36th ArmyHostile fire (shelling)Aleppo Governorate[127]
8 December 2016Sanal SanchirovMajor3756th Guards Air Assault BrigadeHostile fire (mortar attack)Palmyra, Homs Governorate[128] [129]
5 February 2017Igor VoronaLieutenant colonel37N/AHostile fireN/A[130] [131]
February–March 2017Sergei TravinN/A40+N/AHostile fireN/A
8 April 2017Gennady PerfilyevLieutenant colonel51N/AHostile fireN/A
18 April 2017N/AN/AN/ARussian MarinesHostile fireHama Governorate
3 May 2017Evgeny KonstantinovCaptain32N/AHostile fireHama Governorate[132]
3 May 2017Alexander SkladanMajor37N/AHostile fireHama Governorate
June 2017Kalandarov N. D.EnsignN/A3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, Spetsnaz GRUHostile fireN/A[133]
16 September 2017Rustem AbzalovColonelN/AN/AHostile fireN/A[134]
16 September 2017Vladimir TarasyukN/AN/AN/AHostile fireN/A[135]
16 September 2017N/AGeneralN/AN/AHostile fireN/A
23 September 2017N/AColonelN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Deir ez-Zor Governorate
23 September 2017N/AColonelN/AN/AHostile fire (mortar attack)Deir ez-Zor Governorate
18–23 September 2017Magomed TerbulatovN/AN/AChechen military policeHostile firepossibly Idlib Governorate[136] [137] [138]
September 2017Yuri KhabarovN/A40N/AHostile fireN/A
October 2017Mark NeymarkN/A25Special Operations ForcesHostile fire (landmine)N/A[139]
1 March 2018Alexander SolopovN/A22291st Artillery Brigade, 58th ArmyHostile fireEastern Ghouta[140]
Early March 2018Vladimir Ponomarev N/AN/A291st Artillery Brigade, 58th ArmyHostile fireN/A[141]
2 November 2018Andranik ArustamyanJunior sergeant2821st Guards Motor Rifle BrigadeFriendly fire (anti-tank mine)Deir ez-Zor Governorate[142]
3 September 2019Dmitry SyskovCaptainN/ASpecial Operations ForcesHostile fire (mine)Idlib Governorate[143]
3 September 2019Kirill NikonovSenior LieutenantN/ASpecial Operations ForcesHostile fire (mine)Idlib Governorate
3 September 2019Roman MitsykMajorN/ASpecial Operations ForcesHostile fire (mine)Idlib Governorate

Out-of-country deaths related to the operation

On 25 December 2016, a Russian military Tupolev Tu-154 with 92 people on board crashed in the Black Sea during a flight from Sochi International Airport, Russia to Khmeimim, Syria. There were no survivors.[144] Among those killed were: 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir, nine journalists, eight crew members, eight other passenger soldiers, two federal civil servants and a prominent Russian humanitarian worker.[145]

See also

Notes and References

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