The army of the Russian Federation in Syria can "reach the Euphrates", Shoigu said at a closed meeting in the State Duma

The Government hour was held in the State Duma, which was performed by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The meeting was held closed, deputies told about its results. According to them, Shoigu did not talk about expenses for a military operation in Syria, did not name the deadlines for its completion and did not comment on the possibility of a land surgery. But the head of the ministry said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could reach the Euphrates in Syria, RBC reports.

According to the source of the publication, the deputies asked Shoigu the question of the probability of a land operation in Syria, but the head of the Ministry of Defense did not talk about it. “There was a question whether we will begin a land operation if the Europeans go there. He said approximately:“ Let them try, ”the source that was present at the meeting said.

The head of the Duma defense committee Vladimir Komoedov in an interview with Interfax said that Shoigu excluded the land surgery in Syria. "And to stomp the boots or boots, in particular the Syrian government army, it must reach the border of its territory, bring its border pillar on its shoulders and put it in its place," the deputy said.

Shoigu also, according to Komoedov, promised that Russia would not create new military bases in Syria. He noted that those bases that are already acting "is enough to solve the problems that are faced with the armed forces."

It is worth noting that the State Duma deputies did not expect to hear the deadlines for the end of the operation at a closed government hour. The deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Vladimir Kashin said: "Of course, we are talking about the fact that we must end it victoriously. We cannot leave this infection in the form of IG (" Islamic State ", or Daish , prohibited in the Russian Federation), it will be a bleeding wound."

“To say that this operation will be completed today or tomorrow, today, of course, no one wanted to hear from the Minister of Defense,” he emphasized. The first deputy head of the Fair Russia faction Mikhail Emelyanov noted: "There were no specific deadlines. The task is to defeat terrorists."

At the government hour, it was also about ensuring the security of the Russian military in Syria and the consolidation of efforts with other countries.

The air operation of the Russian army in Syria began on September 30. The Bloomberg agency wrote about the cost of this military campaign. According to the Royal United United Institute of Defense Studies in London, if by mid -November, Russia spent about $ 4 million on the Syrian operation, then after Turkey shot down a Russian plane, daily expenses were doubled to $ 8 million - about $ 3 billion a year.