![Body of serviceman Alexander Prokhorenko killed in Syria, to be flown to Orenburg](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F283%2F88%2F2838810_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmFkaW0gU2F2aXRza2lpICMyODM4ODEw_116%3A95_sputnik-2838810-preview_714d8792d48db45939b298cc2833501a.jpg)
![Body of serviceman Alexander Prokhorenko killed in Syria, to be flown to Orenburg](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F283%2F88%2F2838810_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmFkaW0gU2F2aXRza2lpICMyODM4ODEw_116%3A95_sputnik-2838810-preview_714d8792d48db45939b298cc2833501a.jpg)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko. From right, foreground: Republic of Ingushetia Head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Moscow region, Russia
- Event date: 05.05.2016
- Date published: 05.05.2016
- Author: Vadim Savitskii
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Defence Ministry
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4124x3001px, 7Mb