Thread by @QalaatAlMudiq

Big news coming from #Ukraine. Andrey Paliy, senior naval ccommander of Black Sea fleet & vice commander of #Russia|n forces in #Syria, was killed in a special Ukrainian operation in Mariupol. kommersant.ru/doc/5269657

#Russian Lt Colonel Georgy Petrunin, veteran of Syrian war & former Head of Security of #Kheimimim Aibase in #Syria, was killed in #Ukraine.
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#Russia|n Lt Colonel Khametov, cmdr of an artillery unit & killed in #Ukraine, went 3 times in #Syria. He was likely involved in those "kill zones" set up by Russian Army to grant Assad a victory, after years of stalemate, during 2015-17 fiercest battles. bit.ly/3DUqgEu

Four #RuAF pilots involved in bombardment of #Syria in support of Assad killed by Ukrainian Army since #Russia|n invasion:
- Major Volynets
- Capt. Maklagin
- Lt. Colonel Khasanov
- Sr. Lieutenant Podshivalov.

Many #Russia|n troops killed in #Ukraine were previously deployed in #Syria. Some of them were even awarded by the MoD for their involvement there with a specific medal (easy to ID)👇

#Russia|n Special Forces soldier killed un #Ukraine. Deployed no less than 3 times in #Syria. Multi-awarded, esp. for his involvement in Syria & Crimea (last 2 medals).

The commander of large landing ship "Caesar Kunikov" (Black Sea Fleet) just died from wounds. Was one of most active to bring supplies & ammo to Assad (since 2012) & later for Ru troops, as part of the "#Syria|n Express", esp. under his command (2015-16). bit.ly/3MgFRBw

Amidst today's reported deaths, a #Russia|n soldier awarded for his participation in #Syria was killed in #Ukraine. Major & ex vice-commander of an Engineering Training Center deployed in 2018-19 in Syria was also slain by Ukrainian Army.

#Russia announced the death yesterday of Senior warrant officer Vakhrushev. He was the foreman of cruiser Moskva's boiler & drowned along with the ship (27 more sailors officially missing). Multi-awarded, he served in #Syria in 2017. bit.ly/3L5LiCW

Among #Russia|n troops killed by Ukrainian forces:
1: Air Assault Brigade's soldier who went to #Syria in 2019
2: platoon cmdr of an artillery unit who took part in combat operations vs Rebels at the very start of Russia intervention (Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016, likely in Latakia).

Ukraine's Prosecutor General says Pilot & Major Krasnoyartsev, whose #RuAF Su-34 was shot down in March, will face trial for war crimes. He bombed #Syria in 2015-17 & 2020 (~200 sorties). His last action: killing a civilian who spotted him after he ejected bit.ly/3vEoPqe

More #Syria's Russian veterans killed in #Ukraine:
- Lt Colonel Savinov, Deputy Chief of Staff of Artillery Department & Head of Arty reconnaissance (Syria: 2015-16)
- Air Assault Brigade soldier (Syria: 2019-21)
- Commander of reconnaissance squad (repeteadly deployed in Syria)

Every day #Russia|n soldiers & officers who served in #Syria are reported killed in #Ukraine, sometimes with delay. It confirms the reports Kremlin sent its soldiers with most combat experience. Signal Intelligence Officer & Airborne Captain slain👇 vk.com/club161070380

More #Russia|n officers & commanders who were deployed in #Syria killed in #Ukraine:
1: Deputy Chief of Staff of a tank battalion (Syria: 2017-18).
2: Platoon commander
3-4: Major awarded for his involvement in Syria with a MoD medal.

More Russian troops deployed in #Syria (most of them awarded) killed in #Ukraine:
1: Senior sniper
2: Captain "participant in peaceful settlement of armed conflict in Syria" (sic)
3. Paratrooper, senior grenade launcher, 2 times in Syria
4: Airborne Senior Lieutenant.

New obituaries of Russians deployed in #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Lt commander of a sapper platoon
2: Major, deputy commander of Special Forces company
3: Air Assault Brigade, grenade launcher operator (Syria in Spring 2021)
4: Snr Lt, deputy commander of Air Assault company

Flow of #Russia|n troops who served in #Syria killed in #Ukraine continues:
1: a multi-awarded artilleryman praised for his experience (16 years)
2-3: 2 soldiers from N. Ossetia, veterans of Syrian war
4: Major Chief of Staff of Special Forces Unit, in Syria many times since 2015

Everyday a new batch of #Russia|ns troops who served in #Syria & were slain in #Ukraine:
1-2: caporal & Snr Sergeant, both veterans of Syrian war
3: Captain in an Airborne Assault Division, went to Syria in 2020-21
4: Special Forces' Major who earned 8 medals incl. the Syrian one

More #Russia|n veterans of #Syria|n war killed in #Ukraine:
1: Driver of a self-propelled artillery piece, went six months in Syria in 2019
2: Soldier who "visited" Syria
3: Scout sniper recently deployed to Kazakhstan
4: Officer of the Navy, then part of ground troops.

All #Russia|n high-ranking officers & troops below went to #Syria & were slain in #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel commander of a tank platoon (veteran of many wars, incl. in Syria).
2: Lt Colonel commander of a howitzer Regiment
3: Airborne Division's Sergeant
4: Senior Sergeant.

More #Russia|n veterans of #Syria|n war killed in #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, Regiment deputy cmdr, with "extensive combat experience in Syria"
2: Sergeant, cmdr of a Special Forces group
3: Snr Lt, vice cmdr of a recon. unit, in Syria for "peacekeeping op" (2022)
4: Snr Lieutenant.

#Russia|n troops who fought in #Syria (all were awarded for this) & died in #Ukraine:
1: Senior Lieutenant, cmdr of a Grenade launcher Platoon
2: Senior Sergeant
3: Sergeant, cmdr of an armored vehicle (Airborne Assault Brigade), Syria in 2019-21
4: Paratrooper.

#Russia|n officers & commanders decorated for their involvement in #Syria recently killed in #Ukraine:
1. Lt Colonel (GRU, Special Forces)
2. Major deputy cmdr of an airborne assault battalion
3. Captain & naval commander
4. Special Forces' Captain.

#Russia|n officers killed in #Ukraine:
1: Special Forces' reconnaissance diver, killed in TB2 strike on Raptor boat near Snake Island
2: Deputy cmdr of a Company
3: Captain & cmdr of minesweeping Division (Navy)
4: Captain, Navy cmdr
All of them were previously deployed in #Syria

More #Russia|n veterans of #Syria|n war killed in #Ukraine:
1: Senior Sergeant, from Dagestan
2: Cmdr of an Airborne assault brigade, awarded for his actions in Syria in 2016
3: Major, cmdr of a motorized rifle battalion
4: Special Forces' Sergeant

#Russia|ns who were deployed in #Syria in support of Assad & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Captain, Head of Black Sea Fleet's mil. Department
2: Sr Sergeant, deputy cmdr of a sniper platoon
3: Sergeant, deputy cmdr of a platoon
4: Major & commander

4 experienced #Russia|n Officers, each lauded for their participation in multiple foreign operations, incl. #Syria (all awarded), killed in #Ukraine:
1: Captain
2: Squad commander
3: Medical instructor & section commander
4: Snr warrant officer, support platoon cmdr.

Russian troops who fought in #Syria, killed in Ukraine:
1: Driver of self-propelled arty vehicle
2: Sr Sergeant, platoon cmdr (Airborne Assault Brig)
3: Paratrooper, BDM gunner
4: Cmdr of combat vehicle (arty-rocket unit), 2x awarded 4 Syria & spec. for capture of Palmyra (2016).

4 more Russians w/ experience of #Syria|n battlefield killed in Ukraine:
1: Sergeant-Major, serving in rocket launcher battalion, deployed in many "hot spots"
2: Snr Lieutenant, Intell officer, served in Special Forces
3: Airborne forces soldier
4: Captain, company cmdr in Syria

#Russia|n soldiers who fought in #Syria to support Assad's Regime & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: served in motorized rifle troops
2: combat Engineer
3: Snr Sergeant, served in Special Forces & Intell
4: Snr Sergeant, Naval Infrantry Brigade
Some of them were multi-awarded👇

#Russia|n troops previously deployed in #Syria & killed while invading #Ukraine:
1-2: Deputy commander of a Spetsnaz unit, 20+ years of experience (incl. Chechnya & Crimea)
3: Sergeant, artilleryman
4: Reconnaissance radio operator, killed with 10 other soldiers in same vehicle.

More #Russia|n troops & officers who served in #Syria (some decorated) & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Artillery Brigade soldier
2: Major who served in Marine Corps
3: Captain, from Airborne Command School
4: Captain, Naval forces, killed on Snake Island.

#Russia|n troops who propped up #Syria's mass murderer (Assad) & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Major
2: Airborne forces' Sergeant
3: Captain decorated for his involvement in Syria
4: Special Forces' caporal who fought in Syria for 10 months (awarded).

More #Russia|n veterans of #Syria|n war killed during invasion of #Ukraine:
1: Intelligence Officer
2: experienced sniper, awarded for Syria
3: Airborne Forces & Spetsnaz' mines expert (Syria in Summer 2021)
4: Sr Sergeant, Airborne Forces, multi-awarded.

Today Russian Major General R. Kutuzov was killed in Ukraine. He went to #Syria where his men describe him as the most efficient & authoritative commander of the Russian contingent deployed there. Sent on hot fronts, he personnaly overview operations. bit.ly/3tfpTAc

Endless #Russia|n troops involved in #Syria|n war & who were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Guards Captain who took part in several ops
2: Special Operations' soldier awarded twice for Syria (2019)
3: Intelligence & Special Forces Officer
4: Airborne Assault Brigade's Caporal.

#Russia|n troops & officers who were deployed in #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Bulldozer-excavator operator, Syria in 2020
2: GRU's Special Forces soldier
3: Captain awarded for his involvement in Syria
4: Sr Lieutenant, commander of a reconnaissance unit (Airborne Forces)

Growing list of #Russia|n troops who went to #Syria & were slain in Ukraine:
1: Sergeant from a military Commandant Office, awarded twice for Syria
2: Paratrooper commander of an Airborne Assault unit
3: Reconnaissance sapper
4: Special Forces' Jr Sergeant.

More #Russia|n troops w/ #Syria|n experience slain in #Ukraine:
1: Major, Head of operational Dept of an Arty Brigade (Smerch MLRS)
2: Airborne Forces soldier, awarded for his combat performance in Syria
3: Snr Lieut., Chief of Staff of an Arty Division
4: Chief warrant Officer.

100s of Russian troops who went in #Syria were killed invading #Ukraine. 4 more👇
1: Major, Chief of Staff of motorized rifle unit, several times in Syria
2. Snr mechanic-combat driver of an armor
3. Major, cmdr of recon unit, wounded in Syria in mine blast (2017)
4: Snr Sergeant

More Russian fatalities from Ukraine (all previously deployed to Syria):
1: Lt Colonel, cmdr of an anti-aircraft missile Division
2: Sergeant from N. Ossetia, vehicle cmdr (anti-tank unit). 3 times in Syria
3: Major, Recon Officer
4: Airborne Assault's gunner, several times in Sy

4 more #Russia|ns & veterans of #Syria's war killed in #Ukraine:
1: Major & pilot of Mi-35 attack chopper, awarded for Syria
2: Wagner mercenary & Air Defense expert (fought in Syria & Libya)
3: Special Forces' Sergeant, sapper
4: Guard Ensign, Syria in 2018 (as a paramedic).

Below #Russia|n soldiers & officers who fought in #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lieutenant, communications platoon commander
2: Paratrooper, Syria in 2015
3: Captain commander of an Airborne Assault Company (Marine Corps)
4: Sr Sergeant, Guards Airborne Assault Brigade.

4 more #Russia|n soldiers who went in #Syria to support Assad's Regime & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Sergeant & tank driver, deployed 3 months in Syria in 2020
2: Wagner mercenary
3: Paratrooper, part of a reconnaissance unit
4: Commander of a sapper company.

More #Russia|n troops who fought in #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Sergeant who served in a tank unit (Separate Guards Brigade)
2: Sr Sergeant, paratrooper, 2 times in Syria
3: Air Assault Brigade's Caporal, Syria in 2021
4: Special Forces' Caporal.

Growing list of #Russia|ns, veterans of #Syria|n war, slain in #Ukraine:
1: Special Forces' soldier, many medals (Caucasus, Crimea, Syr, etc.)
2: Airborne Assault Brigade Sergeant & medical instructor, extensive Syr experience
3: Captain cmdr of recon company
4: Lt & platoon cmdr

Multi-awarded #Russia|n Officers previously deployed in #Syria & killed attacking #Ukraine:
1: Captain, Pilot of Ka-52 attack helicopter, bombed Syria
2: Colonel, Airborne Division
3: Lt Colonel from N. Ossetia
4: Lt Colonel, motorized battalion cmdr, served in GRU Special Forces

More #Russia|n troops who fought in #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Special Forces Brigade's Captain, company cmdr
2: Captain, Higher Military School graduate, company cmdr
3: Sailor, killed during destruction of Vasily Bekh ship mid-June
4: Separate Marine Brigade's soldier.

The never-ending list of #Russia|n troops killed in #Ukraine who were awarded for their deployment in #Syria:
1: Major, cmdr of a battalion (Airborne forces)
2: Sr Lieutenant, company cmdr
3: Sr Sergeant, Recon. company (Airborne forces), from Dagestan
4: Airborne forces' Major.

More #Russia|n troops with #Syria|n experience killed in #Ukraine:
1: Guards Airborne Regiment's soldier
2: Special Purpose Brigade's member (GRU). Combat veteran, several times in Syria
3: Commander of a reconnaissance group
4: Sr Lieutenant & Engineer (Airborne forces).

#Russia|n troops killed in #Ukraine & who fought in #Syria past years:
1: Captain & Deputy commander of a Marine battalion (Black Sea Fleet)
2: Airborne Forces' Major
3: Commander of a UAV/drone Unit (Special Forces)
4: Soldier deployed in Kosovo (2002-3) & Syria (2016).

4 more #Russia|ns who went to #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lieutenant, Higher Mil. Command School graduate
2: Sergeant multi-awarded for Syria
3: Special Forces' Captain, mines specialist & squad commander
4: Platoon commander of an Engineering Brigade, Syria in 2018.

Russian troops slain in Ukraine:
1: Sr Sergeant (Airborne Forces), 1st veteran of Syrian war killed in Ukraine
2: Captain Head of communications & platoon cmdr
3: Captain cmdr of parachute compagny, 2x in Syria
4: Sailor, went to Syria w/ Russian destroyer "vice-Admiral Kulakov".

2 noteworthy #Russia|n figures who fought in many places incl. #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Wagner commander, personally awarded by Assad (also got Haftar's medal - Libya)
2: Commander of an Intelligence section of GRU's Special Forces (Syria, Crimea, Tajikistan etc.).

Russians previously deployed in Syria & killed in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Assault Div.'s soldier from Dagestan (Syria, 2020-21)
2: Dep. platoon cmdr of Air Assault Brigade (Syria, 2020-21)
3: Captain head of a C&C company (tank Unit), 2 x in Syria
4: Major & Pilot of Su-25 warplane.

More Russians with #Syria|n experience (all awarded) slain in #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, Aerospace Defense member, 2x in Syria
2: Commander of a Recon. Unit (GRU, Special Forces), Syria in January 2022
3: Airborne Forces' Sergeant
4: 2 crew members of a Pantsir Air Defense system.

Endless Russian troops previously deployed in #Syria & slain in Ukraine:
1: Anti-aircraft gunner (Air Assault Brig.), Syria 2019
2: Major cmdr of a Howitzer Arty Battalion
3: Sr Sergeant, Special Purpose Unit "Ermak" (Interior Ministry)
4: Dep. cmdr of combat vehicle, Syria 2020.

4 #Russia|n Officers with #Syria|n experience killed in Ukraine:
1: Lt. Colonel, FSB Special Forces cmdr
2: Major cmdr of an Airborne Assault Battalion, 2x in Syria (2019-20)
3: Colonel deputy cmdr of a Motorized Rifle Division
4: Major & helicopter pilot, combat ops in Syria.

Battle-hardened #Russia|n troops who fought in #Syria but were slain invading #Ukraine:
1: Sergeant, Caucasus (Chechnya) & Syria
2: Reconnaissance paratrooper
3: Airborne Forces' soldier, Syria in 2019-20
4: Airborne Forces' grenade launcher operator.

4 more Russians, previously deployed in #Syria, killed in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Forces' Sergeant, recon radio operator
2: Squad leader, Airborne Assault Division, 3x in Syria
3: Separate Airborne Assault Brigade's soldier
4: Wagner mercenary & combat veteran (also Chechnya & CAR).

More #Russia|n troops who fought in #Syria to prop up Assad but were killed by Ukrainian forces:
1: Air Assault Brigade's Sergeant deployed in Syria in 2019
2: Medical Company's soldier
3: GRU's Special Purpose Brigade's soldier
4: Separate Guards Motor Rifle's Sr Sergeant.

4 Russian elite troops awarded for their support to Assad's dictatorship killed by Ukrainian forces:
1: Air Assault Brigade's instructor, #Syria in 2019 & 2021
2: Airborne Brigade's soldier
3: GRU Special Forces' soldier, 2x in Syria
4: 20th Motorized Rifle Division's Lt Colonel.

Below more #Russia|n soldiers & Officers previously deployed in #Syria & killed invading #Ukraine:
1: 103rd Missile Brigade's Caporal
2: Air Assault Brigade's soldier
3: Major, 3 times in Syria (came back in February to go to Ukraine)
4: Major, commander of an Helicopter Unit.

4 Russian Officers awarded for #Syria, killed in Ukraine:
1: Intell. Officer (Major) & Company cmdr, Special Purpose Brigade
2: Major & Recon. cmdr
3: Captain, Head of Topographical Service of a Marine Brigade (Black Sea Fleet)
4: Air Assault Brigade's Major, Battalion Dep. cmdr.

#Russia|n troops who went to #Syria & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Captain from Dagestan, also in Chechnya
2: Captain, Company Commander (Motorized Rifle Brigade), 2 times in Syria
3: Veteran, Recon. Unit
4: Northern Fleet's Reconnaissance Radio Operator, also in N. Caucasus.

Four Russian troops awarded for their involvement in #Syria, killed in #Ukraine:
1: Experienced Blue Beret also deployed in Chechnya & Georgia
2: Lt Colonel, artillery unit
3: Sr Lieutenant cmdr of an anti-aircraft battery (missile battalion) via @KilledInUkraine
4: Caporal.

Russian mercenaries & soldiers who fought in #Syria for Assad & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Soldier awarded for capture of Palmyra
2: Wagner, Lt Colonel, served in French Foreign Legion, also Chechnya & CAR
3: Lt Colonel killed in HIMARS strike on bridge over Dnieper
4: Sergeant.

More #Russia|n troops who went to #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel commander of a motorized rifle battalion. Promoted to the rank of Lt Colonel one week before his death
2: Paratrooper
3: GRU, Special Purpose Brigade
4: Mountain Brigade's artilleryman.

Russian troops previously deployed in Syria & killed in Ukraine:
1: Captain, cmdr of a Spetsnaz Reconnaissance Company, Syria in 2021
2: Artillery Brigade's Sergeant
3: Air Assault Brigade, 2 times in Syria (2019 & 2020-21) as military doctor
4: Airborne & GRU's Special Forces.

Russian troops who backed Assad in #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Prominent Wagner commander, ex-FSB, fought in many countries besides Syria (Chechnya, Libya, Georgia etc.)
2: United Russia's deputy
3: Sr Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
4: Deputy platoon cmdr, Marine Corps.

4 Russian troops who went to #Syria & slain in #Ukraine:
1: Major from Dagestan, battalion cmdr, 2x in Syria, also went to Venezuela
2: Major, also Chechnya
3: Lt Colonel, cmdr of battalion, repeatedly deployed in Syria via @KilledInUkraine
4: Marine's Sr Sergeant, from Dagestan.

Russian troops who went to #Syria to support Assad & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Wagner veteran (codename: Samurai), ex-Special Forces, also fought in Chechnya & Libya
2: Captain via @KilledInUkraine
3: GRU's Special Forces, 2 times in Syria
4: Multi-awarded Sr Sergeant.

@KilledInUkraine Russian troops who fought in #Syria & whose career ended in #Ukraine:
1: Paratrooper, platoon cmdr (KIA in March, identified w/ DNA 6 months later)
2-3: Special Purpose Brigade's Sergeants, both killed in Lyman
4: Colonel cmdr of an Airborne Assault Regiment via @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine More Russians who fought in #Syria & died in #Ukraine:
1: Motorized Rifle Regiment's Sergeant (ex-Russian Navy)
2: Officer awarded for Syria
3: Northern Fleet's Marine, Syria in 2021 via @solarisveritas
4: Captain via @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas 4 Russian Officers awarded for their support to Assad's Regime in #Syria, recently killed in #Ukraine:
1: Airborne Division's Major
2: Lt Colonel head of an Airborne Brigade's Intell. via @KilledInUkraine
3: Airborne Assault Regiment's Captain
4: Captain & Artillery Battery cmdr.

More Russians killed in #Ukraine while they previously fought in #Syria:
1: Sr Sergeant, 2x in Syria
2: Guards Marine Brigade, Sr Sailor, served in a self-propelled artillery platoon
3: Sr Lieutenant & artillery platoon cmdr
4: Sr howitzer gunner, self-propelled arty platoon.

4 Russians awarded for #Syria slain in #Ukraine:
1: Captain & Su-34 pilot killed in March, body back after 3 months via @solarisveritas
2: Paratrooper slain on day 1 of invasion via @guteniev
3: Special Forces' Captain via @KilledInUkraine
4: Ex-Spetsnaz Major & Wagner mercenary.

@solarisveritas @guteniev @KilledInUkraine 3 Russian Officers who went to #Syria slain in #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lt & platoon cmdr killed by an ATGM
2: Airborne Lt & platoon cmdr, killed by a mine
3: Special Forces Captain & cmdr of a sniper unit via @KilledInUkraine
4: Marine captured, says he fought in Syria thks to @med0rian.

4 Russian troops who previously fought in #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Captain & Senior Pilot killed at the start of the war, bombed Syria in 2018
2: Sailor, Naval Infantry Brigade
3: Soldier from Caucasus
4: Sr Lieutenant killed in Kherson, via @KilledInUkraine.

Russian Officers awarded for #Syria, killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel from Airborne Forces
2: Lt Colonel, commander of a self-propelled artillery Unit
3: Major, head of a UAV unit, 5 times in Syria
4: Major & Su-25 pilot, via @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine Russian troops who went to #Syria & died in #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, Dep. Chief of Staff of Airborne Assault Div.
2: Soldier also deployed in Karabakh
3: Special Forces Brig.'s' Sergeant
4: Airborne Forces Sergeant (Engineering & Sapper Company), N. Caucasus & Syria (2016 & 21).

Russians who fought in #Syria & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Wagner mercenary, ex-paratrooper & expert in tactical medicine, was awarded by Medvedev
2: Airborne Assault Brigade's sapper
3: Navy's Officer
4: Major from N. Ossetia, via @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine Russian troops & Officers previously deployed in #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Major & Pilot (#RuAF Su-25)
2: Lieutenant Colonel
3: Caporal, killed while trying to defuse IEDs
4: Airborne Forces' Major.

@KilledInUkraine Russians who backed up Assad in #Syria, killed in Ukraine:
1: Recon. soldier, Chechnya 2001, N. Caucasus 2004-9, Ukraine 2014, Syria 2015-6
2: Airborne forces Sergeant, Recon. Company
3: Colonel commander of the Radiation, Chemical & Biological Protection Regiment
4: Sr Sergeant.

Russian Officers who went in #Syria to help Assad & died during invasion of Ukraine:
1: Intelligence Major
2: Major & Pilot of the Ka-52 downed on Monday via @KilledInUkraine
3: Colonel, Chief of Staff of a Unit in Abkhazia
4: Lt Colonel, Deputy Commander of an Artillery Brigade.

Russian Officers who fought in Syria & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
- Major killed in UAV strike on Diaghilev Airbase (Russia), thks to @guteniev
- Marine Sr Lt
- An-26 pilot, crashed on day 1 of invasion via @KilledInUkraine
- Colonel & Mig-31 pilot killed in crash in Crimea.

@guteniev @KilledInUkraine 4 more Russian Officers who supported Assad in #Syria & died in #Ukraine:
1: Motorized Rifle Brigade's Captain
2: Airborne Captain via @KilledInUkraine
3: GRU Major, Chief of Staff of a Spetsnaz Unit (Syria in 2015-17)
4: Major & Chief Intelligence Officer (Engineering Brigade).

More Russian Officers previously deployed in #Syria & killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lieutenant, also in Libya with Wagner
2: Motorized Rifle Division's Major
3: Airborne Forces' Captain & commander of an assault company via @KilledInUkraine
4: 49th Combined Army's Major.

@KilledInUkraine 4 Russians who fought in #Syria on Assad's side (all awarded for this) & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Captain & Su-25 Pilot (shot down in July) h/t @KilledInUkraine
2: Wagner mercenary
3: Major (2 Syrian medals) killed in HIMARS strike
4: Captain.

@KilledInUkraine More Russians with experience of #Syria|n battlefield killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, GRU's Special Forces command via @KilledInUkraine
2: Sr Lieutenant, Air Defense Forces
3: Motorized Rifle Brigade Captain, Syria in 2018
4: Special Forces' senior sniper, Syria in 2017.

@KilledInUkraine Russians who went to #Syria & died invading Ukraine:
1: Jr Sergeant who fought in Syria in 2018 via @solarisveritas
2: Captain & commander of a self-propelled artillery battery, also fought in Chechnya
3: Navy Captain-Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
4: Airborne Forces Lieutenant.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas 4 Russians who supported Assad in #Syria killed in #Ukraine:
1: Colonel & former Airborne Division cmdr
2: Airborne Forces' Lieutenant
3: Major & Mi-8 Pilot (shot down in March 2022)
4: Major & commander of an artillery-rocket battery, awarded twice for Syria (2015-16) & Palmyra.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas More Russian Officers who went to Syria to back Assad & died invading Ukraine:
1: Spetsnaz Colonel, cmdr of a Special Forces Brigade via @KilledInUkraine
2: Lt Colonel, battalion commander
3: Lt Colonel, Deputy Head of Intelligence
4: Major, commander of a drone Unit (Orlan-10s).

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas More #Russia|n troops with #Syria|n experience, & belonging to assault units, slain in #Ukraine:
1: Airborne Assault Brigade's Caporal. Confirmed dead after missing for 10 months
2: Marine Corps' Sergeant
3: Airborne Forces' soldier
4: Jr Sergeant.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas Russian Officers who supported Assad in Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Captain, also fought in Chechnya
2: Sr Lieutenant & mortar battery commander via @KilledInUkraine
3: Major & commander of an engineer-sapper battalion
4: Captain & commander of a training platoon.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas Russians killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Experienced veteran via @solarisveritas
2: Sr Sergeant, killed by a mine. Long time deployed in Chechnya, Syria in 2021
3: Sr Sergeant awarded 2x for Syria, incl. for storming Palmyra in 2016
4: Ship's cook & 1st woman documented (Syr vet.).

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas 4 Russian high-ranking Officers deployed before in #Syria killed in #Ukraine (thks to @KilledInUkraine):
1: Lt Colonel (Artillery Unit)
2: Airborne Assault Brigade's Lt Colonel & former head of meteorological service
3: Lt Colonel, killed by mine
4: Black Sea Fleet's Lt Colonel.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas More Russian pilots who went to Syria to support Assad Regime documented killed in Ukraine:
1-2: Major & Su-34 Pilot, downed 3rd March. Also pictured in a Su-24 (via @KilledInUkraine)
3: Major & Mi-8 Pilot, killed in April 2022
4: Lt Colonel & Ka-52 Pilot, killed in October 2022.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas Russians with experience of Syrian battlefield killed in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Brigade's sapper, killed by a mine
2: Soldier, deployed several times in Syria
3: Captain commander of a deep reconnaissance company, Syria in 2020, via @KilledInUkraine
4: Captain, Syria in 2016-2020.

@KilledInUkraine @solarisveritas Russians previously deployed in Syria to help Assad killed invading Ukraine:
1: Airborne Forces' Lieutenant
2: Lt Colonel & Battalion cmdr, fought in Georgia (2008), 2 medals for Syria
3: Captain
4: Commander of a Wagner detachment, killed in Popasna (2022) via @KilledInUkraine.

Special 100thTweet: 4 prominent Russian leaders who helped Assad & died invading Ukraine:
1: vice cmdr of Russian troops in #Syria
2: ex-cmdr of Kheimimin Airbase security
3: cmdr of a ship who supplied Assad with weapons for years
4: General, said "most efficient cmdr in Syria".

4 Russian Officers who supported Assad in #Syria killed during invasion of #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, experienced pilot & commander of a helicopter squadron
2: Lt Colonel, head of a surgical department
3: Lt Colonel, cmdr of an Air Assault battalion via @KilledInUkraine
4: Captain.

4 Russians awarded for their involvement in #Syria killed in #Ukraine:
1: Lieutenant & Company commander
2: Aviation Technician, served in a MLRS (Grad) Unit
3: Jr Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
4: Marine Brigade's Major & Tank Battalion Commander, promoted 19 days before death.

@KilledInUkraine 4 Wagner mercenaries who fought in #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Fired from Russian Army for drug abuse, via @KilledInUkraine
2: Also fought in E. Bosnia in 1992, thks to @Danspiun
3: Fought in Crimea, Donbass in 2014 & in Syria in 2018
4: last 2 via @solarisveritas.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas 4 more Russians who went to #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Veteran (Georgia & Syria), killed in HIMARS strike
2: Special Forces member, came back after he was wounded 2 times in Ukraine. 2 times deployed in Syria
3: Soldier
4: Crew member of a Tor Air Defense System.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas Russians deployed in Syria to help Assad & died invading Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel cmdr of a howitzer battalion (Syria in 2018)
2: Spetznaz GRU Lt Colonel (Syria in 2017) via @KilledInUkraine
3: Sergeant, Aviation College graduate
4: Special Purpose Brig. Sergeant (Airborne Forces).

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas Russians w/ international experience (incl. #Syria|n battlefield) killed invading Ukraine:
1: Wagner commander, awarded twice for Syria. Also Libya & CAR
2: Wagner mercenary, also Donbas (2014) & Libya
3: Wagner's battalion cmdr, Donbas-Libya-Syria-CAR
4: Major & battalion cmdr.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas More Russian Officers who fought in #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Major & battalion commander
2: Captain, also served in Caucasus
3: Motorized Rifle Regiment's Major
4: Major & Commander of an Electronic Warfare Service via @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas Russians killed in Ukraine & who served in Syria:
1: Major & Mi-35's squadron commander. Shot down on 20th April, via @KilledInUkraine
2: Deputy commander of a recon. group, Special Purpose Brigade
3: Artillery Captain
4: Colonel, commander of an Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas More Russian Officers, all awarded for their involvement in #Syria, slain in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Brig. Major. Thks to @med0rian
2: Motorized Rifle Brig. Captain
3: Captain, Political Work Deputy Cmdr via @KilledInUkraine
4: Captain & Mi-35 flight Engineer (shot down April 20th).

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas @med0rian Russian troops previously deployed to Syria killed invading Ukraine:
1: Motorized Rifle Brigade Sgt, Deep Reconnaissance Dep. Platoon Cmdr
2: Training Aviation Regiment Sr Sgt, Dep. Platoon Cmdr
3: Airborne Brig. Sr Sergeant, 8 months in Syria (2021)
4: Wagner merc., also Africa.

@KilledInUkraine @Danspiun @solarisveritas @med0rian Russian Officers decorated for #Syria & killed attacking #Ukraine:
1-2: Captain, Mi-8 Flight Engineer-Instructor & Captain, Su-34's Senior Pilot, both shot down in Bryansk on May 13rd. Thks @bhginee
3: Motorized Rifle Brigade's Major. Thks @med0rian
4: Major.

Russian Officers previously deployed to #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Major & Mi-28 Pilot, Deputy Cmdr of Helicopter Regiment. Crashed on May 12
2: Lt Colonel, cmdr of a Recon. battalion
3: Lt Colonel, Syria in 2020-21
4: Airborne Forces' Sr Lieutenant, cmdr of a Recon platoon.

Russians who fought in #Syria killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Colonel & Motorized Rifle Brigade Commander. Killed on S. Bakhmut front. Thks to @med0rian
2: Lt Colonel, Syria in 2020-21. Body retrieved after 8 months
3: Marine Corps & combat veteran
4: Ensign awarded twice for Syria.

@med0rian More Russians who helped Assad killed by #Ukraine:
1: Airborne Forces Colonel, killed by Russian Rebels near Belgorod
2: Major, Artillery Unit, #Syria in 2017 & 21
3: Airborne Forces Caporal killed by HIMARS
4: Major via @KilledInUkraine
Thks @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee Russians who propped up a dictator in #Syria & died for Putin Imperialism:
1: Deputy cmdr of a Russian volunteer battalion
2: Colonel & Regiment's Chief of Staff via @KilledInUkraine
3: Sr Lieutenant, 3 times in Syria (was wounded)
4: Captain
Thks @Chaos_Duckk @bhginee @med0rian.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk Russians who went to #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Guards Motorized Rifle Division's Lt Colonel
2: Artillery Brigade soldier (Anti-armor/ATGM unit)
3: Soldier killed on Zaporizhzhia front
4: Wagner mercenary deployed several times in Syria & Libya. Thks to @med0rian.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk On 17th June 2022 Ukraine sunk Russian "Vasily Bekh" ship (Black Sea Fleet) using 2 anti-ship missiles. Most of the crew (incl. a Colonel on pic 1) was awarded a medal for Syria, most likely for shipping supplies & weapons. Thks to @med0rian.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk More Russians who went to #Syria killed following invasion of #Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel & cmdr of the #RuAF IL-22M shot down by Wagner on June 24
2: Spetsnaz Lieutenant
3: Captain, Intelligence Officer
4: Airborne Assault Brigade's Sr Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
Thks @med0rian.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk Russian troops who helped Assad in #Syria & died invading Ukraine:
1: Tank commander
2: Airborne Special Forces' Sergeant, took part in capture of Palmyra. Also a Hostomel veteran
3: Captain from Dagestan, company cmdr
4: Reconnaissance Sergeant
Thks @med0rian @bhginee @ban_elem.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk Russians who went to #Syria & were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Lt General, deputy cmdr of S. Military district
2: Major & cmdr of an anti-aircraft battalion
3: Sapper, got rare medal for demining Palmyra (2016)
4: Airborne Sr Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
Thks @med0rian & @ban_elem.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Burning12196087 @ban_elem @bhginee @Chaos_Duckk Russians who went to #Syria & died invding #Ukraine:
1: Experienced sniper deployed in #Aleppo, became commander of sniper platoon
2: Ex-Wagner mercenary killed as Ensign. 3 times awarded for Syria, esp. for capture of DeirEzzor
3: Spetsnaz
4: Captain
Thks to @med0rian @ban_elem.

More #Russia|n Officers awarded for their support of Assad in #Syria eliminated by Ukrainian Army:
1: Major & Ka-52 Pilot (shot down in April) via @KilledInUkraine
2: Lieutenant & commander of an artillery platoon
3: Special Forces' Captain
4: Sr Lieutenant
Thanks to @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian Russians killed invading Ukraine who were previously deployed to Syria to prevent Assad Regime from collapsing:
1: Major awared twice for Syria via @KilledInUkraine
2: Ensign
3: Guards Sergeant, platoon cmdr (2 times in Syria)
4: Marine Corps soldier, Syria (2016)
Thks @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian Russian Officers who helped Assad in #Syria, allowing him to indefinitely kill civilians, slain in Ukraine:
1: Captain & commander of an anti-aircraft missile battery
2: Sr Lieutenant, awarded twice
3: Special Operations' Sr Lieutenant
4: Major
Special thanks to @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian Russians who fought in #Syria on behalf of Assad (some were awarded), but died invading Ukraine:
1: Caporal, also went to Karabakh
2: Commander of an anti-aircraft battery
3: Lieutenant deployed 2 times in Syria, also in Chechnya
4: Major via @KilledInUkraine
Thanks to @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian More Russian Officers awarded for Syria killed by Ukraine:
1: Airborne Forces' Lieutenant, Syria 2019-20
2: Airborne Forces' Sr Lieutenant & Company Commander
3: Captain & Commander of a UAV Reconnaissance Unit (2 medals)
4: Sr Lieutenant
Thks @KilledInUkraine, @med0rian & @0spi.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @0spi 4 Russians who went to #Syria & died in Ukraine for Putin Imperialism:
1: Airborne Brig.'s Dep. Platoon Cmdr
2: Airborne Forces' Sr Lieut. from Dagestan
3: Lt Colonel, Syria (2017-22) via @KilledInUkraine
4: Ka-52 Pilot (killed Sept. 2022)
Thks @med0rian @RickLuissiana @bhginee.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @0spi @RickLuissiana @bhginee Russian Officers who went to #Syria to help Assad & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Major, helicopter (likely Ka-52) pilot
2: Major & Chief of Staff of the Logistics Battalion of a Marine Brigade h/t @yalpski
3: Jr Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
4: Captain
Thks @med0rian & @ban_elem.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @0spi @RickLuissiana @bhginee @yalpski @ban_elem Awarded for #Syria & killed in #Ukraine, 4 more Russian servicemen following path of 100s others:
1: Sr. Warr. Officer, Syria in 2017
2: Sr. Warr. Officer
3: Lieutenant cmdr of a recon. platoon, Syria 3 times
4: Major (KIA in 2022) h/t @KilledInUkraine
Thks @med0rian & @ban_elem.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @0spi @RickLuissiana @bhginee @yalpski @ban_elem Russians who went to #Syria & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Wagner mercenary & platoon commander, killed on Bakhmut front
2: Deputy platoon commander, Reconnaissance Brigade
3: Marine Corps' soldier
4: Airborne Forces' Sergeant, deployed in Syria in 2018 (awarded)
Thks to @med0rian.

More Russians who helped Assad in #Syria killed in #Ukraine "defending the Motherland" (read for Putin Imperialism):
1: Sergeant
2: Special Forces' soldier via @Vedasval
3: Lieutenant, also Abkhazia and Tajikistan h/t @KilledInUkraine
4: Airborne Forces' Major
Thks to @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian Russian Officers, awarded for their tasks in #Syria, who died invading #Ukraine:
1: Major, Syria in 2020-21, h/t @KilledInUkraine
2: Special Forces' Lieutenant, via @Vedasval
3: Airborne Forces' Lieutenant
4: Motorized Rifle Battalion's sniper, also Caucasus
Thanks to @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian Another batch of Russians awarded with #Syria|n medal for their support of Assad who were killed in #Ukraine:
1: Airborne Lt Colonel & Assault Regiment's Commander
2: Lt Colonel
3: Airborne Forces' Lieutenant via @KilledInUkraine
4: Soldier (from Birobidzhan)
Thanks to @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian Russians previously deployed in #Syria killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Colonel, commander of an Air Assault Brigade via @KilledInUkraine
2: Airborne forces soldier
3: National Guard's member (from Dagestan)
4: Tank Division soldier, Syria in 2018
Thks @bhginee @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @bhginee Part of Russian intervention in #Syria (8 years today) & slain in Ukraine:
1: Marines. Georgia, Syria (2015-18)
2: Unit cmdr, expert in demining (Karabakh-Palmyra)
3: Intell. Captain
4: Wagner cmdr, fought in Palmyra. Killed by a UAV in Soledar (24 Sept)
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @bhginee Russians who went to #Syria (often described as a "business trip") but were less lucky in #Ukraine:
1: Sailor
2: Wagner mercenary (survivor of battle vs US in Khasham, Syria - awarded)
3: Northern Fleet veteran
4: Airborne Brigade soldier (Syria in 2020)
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @bhginee More Russians who fought on behalf of Assad in #Syria & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: GRU Special Forces' Senior Sergeant
2: Sapper & veteran of 7 conflicts (incl. Chechnya, Georgia & Donbass)
3: Junior Lieutenant
4: Soldier via @KilledInUkraine
Thks to @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@Vedasval @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @bhginee Russian troops with experience of the Syrian battlefield killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Sergeant, went to #Syria early 2018 (awarded)
2: Airborne Forces' soldier
3: Sergeant deployed in Syria in 2016
4: Guards' Special Forces member
Thks to @Vedasval & @med0rian.

Russians who fought in #Syria & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: TOS-1 operator, killed in catastrophic explosion of his Flamethrower
2: Wagner mercenary, also Africa
3: Artilleryman
4: Major, Head of Engineering Service of a Ka-52 squadron. Likely hit by ATACMS
Thks @med0rian.

@med0rian Russian Officers who helped Assad in #Syria & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Captain & vice-commander of a NBC Protection Regiment (2nd Tank Army)
2: Sr Lieutenant
3: Airborne Captain
4: Wagner merc', ex-FSB Captain, also deployed in Libya, CAR & Chechnya
Thanks to @KilledInUkraine.

@med0rian @KilledInUkraine Russian Officers who were deployed in #Syria (3 awarded) & died invading #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lieutenant & Head of a UAV Unit, left Syria in May 2023 after one year deployment
2: Jr Lieutenant
3: Major & Chief of Staff of a Regiment's Communications
4: Sr Sergeant
Thanks to @med0rian.

Russians awarded for #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Wagner mercenary, fought in Aleppo, Palmyra, DeZ & E. Ghouta. Also CAR-Libya
2: Major, Battalion Cmdr
3: Sr Lieutenant Cmdr of Howitzer Unit
4: Airborne Colonel killed by Storm Shadow @KilledInUkraine
Thks @ban_elem @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian More Russians who helped Assad in #Syria & died in Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, Chief Staff of a Marine Brigade. Wounded attacking Mariupol (died Nov 13)
2: Wagner merc
3: Ship mechanic then comp. cmdr
4: Cmdr of boat "Serna" destroyed by naval drone on Nov 10
Thks @med0rian @Vedasval

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval Russians who fought in #Syria & died in #Ukraine:
1: Captain & Commander of a Motorized Rifle Company, Syria in 2016 (decorated twice)
2: Wagner mercenary
3: Reconnaissance company's soldier, from N. Ossetia
4: Ex-football player turned soldier
Thks @guteniev & @Vedasval.

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval @guteniev 4 Russian Officers decorated for their involvement in #Syria killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Pilot & Lt Colonel slain in drone attack on Kursk Airbase
2: Major General, killed by mine
3: Airborne GRU Spetsnaz's Major, twice in Syria
4: Lt Colonel
Thanks @KilledInUkraine & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval @guteniev More Russians with experience of Syrian battlefield slain in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Battalion's Lieutenant
2: Lieutenant
3: Armored Personnel Carrier's driver, also Tajikistan & Karabakh
4: Marine Corps, in Syria w/ missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov"
Thks @KilledInUkraine @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval @guteniev 4 Russian troops previously deployed in #Syria killed in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Forces' soldier. Georgia in 2008, Ukraine in 2014 & Syria in 2020
2: Paratrooper
3: Guards Airborne Regiment's Sergeant
4: Senior Gunner of a howitzer self-propelled arty piece
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval @guteniev Russian Officers who helped the Butcher of Damascus (#Syria), were awarded for this, but died invading #Ukraine:
1: Major, Tank Unit
2: Motorized Rifle Brigade's Captain
3: Airborne Forces' Sr Lieutenant
4: Motorized Rifle Brig.'s Lieutenant (reconnaissance)
Thks @KilledInUkraine

@KilledInUkraine @ban_elem @med0rian @Vedasval @guteniev 4 more Russian Officers deployed in #Syria & killed in #Ukraine:
1: Colonel & Ka-52 Pilot (shot down in July 2023).
2: Lt Colonel
3: Ex- Wagner & Airborne Senior Lieutenant. Also deployed in CAR
4: Motorized Rifle Brigade's Sr Lieutenant
Thks @TopCargo200_com & @KilledInUkraine.

Russians who helped Assad in #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Sr Lieutenant & Su-34 Pilot
2: Sr Lieutenant & Battalion Cmdr
3: Marine Brigade's Officer (Pacific Fleet), volunteer via @KilledInUkraine
4: Airborne Assault Battalion's gunner
Thks to @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian More Russian Officers who served Putin interests in #Syria & died in Ukraine:
1: Captain & Su-34 Pilot (shot down on 22nd Dec. 2023)
2: Lieutenant, Commander of a Grenade Platoon
3: Colonel, Air Defense Unit in Sevastopol
4: Major
Thks @V_Shortwaver, @KilledInUkraine & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian @V_Shortwaver Wagner/Russian mercenaries who fought in many countries like #Syria & died in #Ukraine:
1: Libya, Sudan, CAR (died 2022)
2: Ex- Spetsnaz, awarded for Syria
3: CAR, Mozambique, Libya
4: Captain (signed contract w/ MoD). Chechnya, Africa
Thks @KilledInUkraine @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian @V_Shortwaver Russian Officers deployed in #Syria & slain in Ukraine:
1: Colonel, Air Defense
2: Jr Lieutenant & Platoon cmdr. Ukraine (2014), Syria (2018), Tajikistan (2020)
3: Promoted Lieutenant 1 month b4 death
4: Lt Colonel, 2 Syrian medals
Thks @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @TopCargo200_com

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian Russian troops who fought in #Syria & died invading Ukraine:
1: Caporal, Ukraine in 2014, 6 months in Syria (2019)
2: Guards' Warrant officer
3: Gunner of a Motorized Rifle Unit, Syria in 2019
4: Sergeant & APC gunner, 3 times in Syria. Also Tajikistan
Thks @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian More Russian troops, with experience of Syrian battlefield, killed in Ukraine:
1: Wagner mercenary, also fought in Libya. Killed end of January
2: Wagner mercenary (slain in 2023)
3: Soldier, fought in Cimea in 2014
4: Motorized Rifle Regiment's Sapper
Thks @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian Four Russian Officers previously deployed in #Syria & killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Lieutenant, reconnaissance platoon commander. Twice in Syria
2: Airborne Major. Also deployed in Georgia
3: Airborne Captain
4: Airborne Jr. Lieutenant
Thks @KilledInUkraine @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian More Russians who helped Assad in #Syria & were killed by Ukrainian Army:
1: Wagner mercenary, ex-Captain. Also Chechnya
2: Wagner mercenary
3: Caporal, also Chechnya
4: Colonel & Deputy commander of the 18th Army, from Dagestan
Thks @KilledInUkraine @Vedasval & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @Vedasval @med0rian 4 Russian Officers with experience of Syrian battlefield killed invading Ukraine:
1: Captain & Su-35 Pilot (downed on Feb 19th)
2: Sr Lieutenant & commander of an artillery piece
3: Airborne Jr Lieutenant
4: Lieutenant
Thks @KilledInUkraine @med0rian @guteniev & @Nekokun33412550.

Russian Officers deployed in #Syria & killed by Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel, killed in HIMARS strike on Feb 27 during award ceremony
2: Lt Colonel & Pilot, killed in Storm Shadow strike on Saky Airbase (Jan 6)
3: Sr Lieutenant
4: Airborne Jr Lieutenant
Thks @KilledInUkraine @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian More Russian troops who fought in #Syria & died in Ukraine:
1: Soldier, Syria in Spring 2018
2: Motorized Rifle Brig. soldier. Also Tajikistan
3: 2 twins & served in a Grad MLRS (both fought in Tajikistan & Syria)
4: Sergeant cmdr of a TOS-1 Flamethrower
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @Vedasval Russian Officers w/ Syrian experience slain in Ukraine:
1: Lieutenant, Reconnaissance Platoon Commander
2: Captain, Assault Squad Commander
3: Motorized Rifle Div.'s Lt Colonel - paraded in Mariupol in 2022
4: Lieutenant, long-range Recon. Company
Thks @KilledInUkraine @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @Vedasval Russians who helped Assad in Syria & were killed by Ukraine:
1: FSB Special Forces veteran (58 combat missions)
2: Jr Lieutenant & Motorized Rifle Platoon Commander
3: Airborne Captain & Company Commander
4: Sr Lieutenant, part of a Tank Company
Thks @KilledInUkraine & @med0rian.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @Vedasval Russians who went to Syria & died in war in Ukraine:
1: Baltic Fleet sailor, served on landing ship Minsk (destroyed in Sept. 2023), last trip in Tartus in Feb. 2022
2: IL-76 Flight Engineer (crashed in Belgorod, Jan 24)
3: Sr Sergeant
4: Sapper unit cmdr
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @Vedasval Russian officers who went to #Syria & were killed invading #Ukraine:
1: Ex-Air Force Major who bombed Syria. He killed his wife, was jailed then recruited by Wagner
2: Su-24 Pilot & Captain (downed on 5th Dec. 2023)
3: Captain
4: Major, tank unit
Thks @med0rian @KilledInUkraine.

@KilledInUkraine @med0rian @Vedasval More Russians who helped Assad in Syria & were slain in Ukraine:
1: Wagner mercenary, among very first to support Assad with the Slavonic Corps (2013). Also CAR
2: Wagner mercenary
3: Spetsnaz Brigade Lt Colonel
4: Lieutenant & Platoon commander
Thks @TopCargo200_com & @med0rian.

Russians deployed in #Syria & eliminated in Ukraine:
1: Sr Sergeant, Syria in July 2021 (2 medals)
2: Soldier
3: Sr Lieutenant, cmdr of a Marine assault company
4: Intell officer, killed in strike on Raptor boat (2022). Syria in 2019 (2 medals)
Thks @Vedasval @med0rian @guteniev.

@Vedasval @med0rian @guteniev Russian officers who went to #Syria & died in Ukraine:
1: Airborne Lieutenant, Platoon Commander
2: Navy Senior Lieutenant killed in cruise missile strike on submarine "Rostov-na-Donu" (Sept. 2023)
3: Airborne Captain
4: Major & Engineer Battalion Commander
Thks @KilledInUkraine.

Russian Officers who went to #Syria & were killed by Ukraine:
1: Lt Colonel & Su-25 Pilot (shot down 17th Dec. 2023), bombed Syrians
2: Major & A-50U crew (downed 23rd Feb.)
3: Airborne's Lt Colonel
4: Colonel Head of MoD's Comm. Department
Thks @KilledInUkraine @TopCargo200_com.

@KilledInUkraine @TopCargo200_com Russians who fought in #Syria & died invading Ukraine:
1: Aviation weapons specialist on the Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier, then in Tank Unit
2: Lt Colonel, Regiment Commander. Syria in 2018
3: Air Force's Ensign (Simferopol, Crimea)
4: Jr Sergeant
Thks @med0rian & @Nekokun33412550.

Special tweet for the Russian A-50U's crew shot down on Feb. 23 as all were (as expected) deployed to #Syria & awarded for this:
1: Major, Aircraft Commander
2: Major, Pilot
3: Captain, Engineer
4: Captain, Engineer-Operator
Thks @med0rian @Nekokun33412550

@Vedasval @med0rian @KilledInUkraine @Nekokun33412550 Russian troops who fought in #Syria on behalf of Assad & died invading Ukraine:
1: Tank Brigade, Gunner
2: Airborne Sr. Sergeant, Platoon Commander. Syria in 2020 ("long mission")
3: Airborne Jr. Sergeant, Squad Commander
4: Motorized Rifle Brigade, Sr. Rifleman
Thanks @med0rian.