Friendly sortie

The Russian military was seen in the three provinces of Syria. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the report of the Russian group Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which is conducting Internet sources.

According to the CIT report, from the photographs published by Russian troops in Syria it follows that they were near Hama, Homs and Aleppo. This is far from the Khmeimim base in Latakia. According to the official version of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military are in Syria to protect this base.

"Although we still do not have irrefutable evidence of the direct participation of Russian military personnel in the hostilities on Earth in Syria, we believe that the observed situation is contrary to the statements of Russian officials, that Russian troops do not accept and do not plan to take part in ground operations," the CIT statement said.

Meanwhile, the Russian air operation in Syria continues. According to the Syrian Center for Monitoring the Compliance of Human Rights, on November 7, as a result of blows, presumably Russian aviation, at least 23 civilians died in the city of Damascus. Air strikes were applied by the central part of the city controlled by the rebels where the markets are located.

On November 5, Reuters, citing American officials, reported that over October, the Russian military group in Syria increased from two to four thousand people , and the number of military bases used increased. Among the Russian military there are losses, including the dead. This was reported by three acquaintances with intelligence officers of the American special services. At the same time, they admitted that they have no exact figures for losses.

According to the Pentagon representative, Russian planes and helicopters take sorties from four air base, around which air defense systems and artillery batteries are located. The main Russian base is Khmeimim. From there, all Russian aircraft are flying. Three other bases, in Hama, Sharyat and Etia, are used by military helicopters, the American military said. In Etia, the Russians appeared only last week. According to him, the Russian aviation connection in Syria consists of 34 aircraft and 16 helicopters.

Russian aircraft support the ground operations of the Syrian government troops operating together with Shiite armed formations. However, they have not achieved significant success. The main factor, apparently, is the losses of the pro -government forces of a large number of tanks and other units of armored vehicles. The rebels beat them with rockets of American MASs supplied to the rebels of Saudi Arabia.

The Russian operation in Syria began on September 30. During this time, the Air Force aircraft made more than one and a half thousand sorties and struck more than two thousand targets. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims to be inflicted on accurate blows from which the civilian population does not suffer. At the same time, civilian objects also suffer from the blows of Russian aviation, and civilians, including children, are dying and are injured.