Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the large military exercises announced by the Russian authorities in the Mediterranean a “reasonable precaution.”

“The situation in Syria has significant potential for complications; the situation around Idlib leaves much to be desired. Indeed, this breeding ground for terrorists that has formed there does not bode well if inaction continues. Therefore, of course, increased precautions are completely justified and justified,” the Kremlin representative explained.

This is how the Kremlin representative answered the question about the connection between the announced exercises and the situation in Syria. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense announced that more than 25 ships and vessels led by the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and 30 aircraft, including the Tu-160, would take part in the Navy and Aerospace Forces exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.

The official representative of the military department, Igor Konashenkov, clarified that on August 25, the American destroyer USS Ross with 28 Tomahawk cruise missiles entered the Mediterranean Sea. According to him, the USS The Sullivans guided missile ship with 56 such missiles is already in the Persian Gulf. The Ministry of Defense indicated that this is further confirmation that the United States intends to take advantage of the staging of a chemical attack by militants Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (the new name of Jabhat Al-Nusra banned in Russia) to strike Syrian government forces.

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The Kremlin does not rule out an escalation of the situation in Syria