MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. All Russian servicemen whose photos have been published by the Islamic State terrorist group are alive, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Thursday.

"All servicemen whose photographs have been published by the ISIL terrorist group, their Ukrainian "friends" as well as the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights are safe and sound and are at their units," Konashenkov said.