US Strikes Allegedly Killed ‘Scores’ of Russian Fighters in Syria

Lt.-Gen. Alexander Lapin, chief of staff of Russia's contingent in Syria, speaks to journalists from inside a destroyed warehouse used by ISIS. Maria Antonova/AFP/Getty Images

The United States has been accused of killing “scores” of Russian fighters in the ongoing war in Syria.

Sources told Bloomberg that U.S. forces killed more than 200 contract soldiers, mostly Russians fighting on behalf of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, last week.