The Ministry of Defense confirmed a drone attack on Russian bases in Syria

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed reports that an attempt was made to attack Russian military bases in Syria using drones.

“The security system <…> on the night of January 5-6 successfully thwarted an attempted attack by terrorists with the massive use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles,” the statement said. As a result, no one was hurt, and no material damage was caused to the bases.

The targets of the attack, which involved 13 aircraft-type drones, were the Khmeimim air base and the naval base in Tartus. on the repulsed drone attack on Khmeimim . reported Earlier , the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based human rights organization,

The Ministry of Defense said that the militants could have received the engineering solutions used in the attack "only from one of the countries with high technological capabilities to provide satellite navigation and remote control."

The report emphasizes that the militants, according to the department, were “transferred” technologies that would allow them to carry out terrorist attacks using such drones “in any country.”

• On December 31, the Russian Khmeimim base in Syria came under fire from militants. As a result of the shelling, as stated in the Ministry of Defense, were killed two Russian servicemen . According to Kommersant , seven planes were damaged by the attack, but this is denied by the Defense Ministry.
• Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Syria since the fall of 2015. According to official data from the Ministry of Defense, more than 40 Russian servicemen have died since the beginning of the operation. In December 2017, President Vladimir Putin once again announced the withdrawal of a significant part of the Russian military from Syria.