“I am now in Syria at the request of the Ministry of Defense,” TASS quoted Tsydenov as saying from a video message distributed by the press service of the government of Buryatia.
According to him, given the situation in Ulan-Ude, he will do his best to return home as soon as possible.
He added that he takes part in events within the framework of interaction between Russia and Syria.
Earlier it became known that due to the accident at the TPP-1 in Ulan-Ude, an emergency mode of the republican level was introduced.