The first Russian officer was killed in heavy clashes erupting in the battlefronts of Murk, located north of the city of Hama in Syria, between Assad soldiers and members of the Free Syrian Army, Orient TV reported.
Over 150 Assad troops were also killed in this intense fighting on Thursday, the Hama news network reported. A number of Assad army officers were also amongst those killed.
Pro-Assad regime websites admitted to the death of 55 of these military soldiers.