Russian soldier dies of wounds sustained in Aleppo

Moscow, SANA- A Russian soldier of 35 years old died of serious injuries he sustained in shelling in Aleppo province, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

“The contract serviceman junior sergeant Mikhail Shirokopoyas died in the Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow from wounds received during the shelling of a Russian convoy in Aleppo last May” the ministry said on Thursday.

The soldier got his fatal wound in the first half of May 2016 in the governorate of Aleppo, the ministry added.

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