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Bookmark or Share- Body of Russian special forces officer who 'ordered air strike on ...Senior Lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, died last month during battles by regime forces and supporters to re-take the city of Palmyra. Vladimir Putin awarded him the title of Hero of the...
- The facts behind the Russian Rambo story - The World from PRXTabloid news outlets are calling him the Russian Rambo. Alexander Prokhorenko was a Russian special forces soldier who died in Syria on March 19. It’s being reported that he called in an airstrike on his own position as it was being overrun by ISIS fighters. But how true is the story?
- Were These a Russian Soldier's Last Words? | Snopes.comAccording to the Russian news web site Pravda.ru , that officer, Lt. Alexander Prokhorenko, was acting as a joint terminal attack controller in Syria when he was surrounded by ISIS forces:
- ‘Russian Rambo’s’ body flown home | CNNAlexander Prokhorenko was battling to free the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. But he found himself surrounded by Islamic militants. He feared that he would be captured, tortured, killed and...
- Syria conflict: Body of Russian 'hero' flown home - BBC NewsTass news agency said special forces Snr Lt Alexander Prokhorenko was posthumously awarded the Hero of Russia medal by President Vladimir Putin. He died after calling in a Russian air strike to ...
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