A Russian serviceman has been killed in Syria while escorting a humanitarian convoy in Aleppo province, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
According to the ministry, Nikita Shevchenko was in a vehicle escorting a convoy of trucks carrying food and water supplies to local residents when an improvised roadside bomb exploded at the entrance to a settlement.
"Russian doctors treated him on site, but failed to save his life due to grave injuries that he had suffered," the ministry's press service said in a statement.
