The U.S. state Department released a statement, which does not take the blame for the deaths on the front line Lieutenant General of the Russian army Valery Esipova.

Valery Isupov killed during a mortar attack by terrorists near the city of Deir-ez-Zor. The Russian defense Ministry said that Lieutenant-General in Syria led a group of military advisers.

State Department spokesman at a press conference said that the American side is not helping the terrorists and has not taken action to do harm to the Russian military.
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