Sunny maneuvers

Since the intervention of Moscow in the war in Syria, at least one case has been known when the coalition bomber struggling under the leadership of the United States with the Islamic State was forced to change his course in order to avoid meeting with the Russian aircraft. According to Reuters, this was announced by the official representative of the Pentagon Captain Jeff Davis.

The official added that the incident happened after the video conference held on October 1, at which Russian and American commanders discussed the safety of military pilots during the parallel military campaigns, while one campaign supports one of the parties to the conflict, the other - the other.

Davis, however, refused to report any other details. In particular, he did not specify whether it was a Russian manned aircraft or the drone in which place the incident occurred and whether this is the only similar case.

Meanwhile, earlier on Wedding The Wall Street Journal, citing a US Permanent Representative to NATO Douglas Lyuta, reported that in Syria a Russian group of numbers to the battalion was formed, that is, up to 1000 people. This group is equipped with artillery, long -range missiles, modern tanks, air defense systems and military helicopters. They, they noted that these forces could be directed to the Middle Eastern country "not only to protect the Khmeimim airbase under Latakia.

The US Permanent Representative also said that the Russian naval group in the Mediterranean Sea has already 10 ships.

On the afternoon of October 7, Fox News reported that Russian aviation in Syria is engaged in the persecution of American drones . It was claimed that in the week after Moscow entered the Syrian war, Russian planes attacked at least three times on the trail of the American drones of MQ-1 Predator, officials said. The Russians did not attempt the drones or prevent their flight, but only designated their presence, flying close enough so that the drones could fix them.

On Tuesday, the head of the US State Department of the US State Department, Mark Toner, said that Moscow only intensified tension in Syria . “To a large extent, what we have seen so far shows that they (Russians. - Ed.) Only intensified tension with the beginning of their airstrikes on moderate opposition forces,” the diplomat emphasized. He also noticed that the United States against Russia's use of the same model in Iraq.

Meanwhile, in the morning, on Wednesday, Russian ships based on the Caspian Sea fired at 11 objects in Syria with winged missiles .