© Sputnik/ Maksim BlinovRussian servicemen at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria
ISIS have released a bulletin through its affiliated Amaq News Agency and claimed that it has captured two Russian soldiers in Syria's east.
The report says it captured the soldiers in an attack against al-Shola and Kabajab settlements to the west of Deir Ezzor city.
This comes as Al-Masdar News has reported that 32 Syrian soldiers and one Russian were killed when ISIS launched an offensive against al-Shola, capturing large areas of the town.
Along with the two captured Russian soldiers, the Al-Masdar News report also said that one Syrian soldier was also killed.
Comment: The Russian Defense Ministry has on Thursday
denied media reports claiming two soldiers were kidnapped by terrorists.
"All Russian servicemen in Syria are safe, healthy and continue fulfilling their assigned tasks. There have been no incidents of Russian servicemen being captured, or any losses in the Deir ez-Zor province or other areas in Syria," a representative of the Hmeymim airbase in the Latakia province said.
Comment: The Russian Defense Ministry has on Thursday denied media reports claiming two soldiers were kidnapped by terrorists.