Russian involvement in Syrian crisis

[Akim]

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[pmaitra]

Just in from Syria, at city hosting the Russian Naval Base:

 

[bhramos]

Military Police of the Armed Forces of Russia, one of the districts of Aleppo.

 

[pmaitra]

More updates from Aleppo, Syria:

 

[ezsasa]

Off topic, but didn't want to start a news thread..

What's with Russia being the new buzzword in Europen media?

My take: there is no threat from Russia to Europe. All this natak is to justify the planned future increase In defence spending by European nations.

 

[SANITY]

US Coalition Has Been Destroying Syrian Infrastructure Since 2012 - Russian MoD

The US-led international coalition has been systematically bombing the Syrian infrastructure since 2012 and has not targeted Daesh-held oil facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.

"Outgoing CIA head Brennan is well aware of the fact that long before the start of the Russian campaign, the international coalition has been systematically destroying Syria's economic infrastructure to weaken the legitimate government as much as possible, heedless of burdens for civilians resulting in millions of refugees," he said.

The ministry's statement comes after CIA chief John Brennan accused Moscow of using "scorched-earth" policy in Syria.

"Surprisingly, the coalition has not attacked oil facilities captured by Daesh, which allowed the terrorists to make tens of millions of dollars per month through illicit oil trade and recruit mercenaries from all over the world," Konashenkov added.

"Sooner or later one will be held accountable for it. That is why Mr Brennan's attempt to cushion the blow will hardly help. John Brennan is well aware of the real results of Russia's actions in Syria," he said.

Thanks to the Russian Aerospace Forces, over 12,000 square kilometers of Syrian land and 499 settlements have been liberated, 35,000 militants including 204 commanders have been eliminated.

"But the main outcome is that, without the outgoing [US] administration, without CIA, a ceasefire agreement was signed on December 30," the spokesman stressed.

Both Washington and Moscow have been conducting military operations against terrorists in the war-torn country. The US-led international coalition of more than 60 members has been carrying out airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria since August and September 2014 respectively. Russia began its own operation in September 2015 at the request of Syrian President Bashar Assad.


The Russian military has initiated several lulls in fighting on the ground. The recent one came into being in late December and is expected to be followed by peace talks between the Syrian government and moderate opposition.

Konashenkov said that US aviation dropped nuclear bombs, destroying the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Apart from that, in 1962-1971 Washington conducted Operation Ranch Hand in Laos and Vietnam involving chemicals "actually scorching out everything that moves" there. "And no one in the US was punished for that grave war crime," he noted.

"I would like to remind that all major wars of the latest decades, unleashed by the US on the pretext of fakes, in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, all of them were accompanied and ended by the destruction of the countries' economic infrastructure by the US Air Force. And it is hardly a coincidence that companies close to the CIA and the Pentagon always were the first to offer their services in rebuilding the major economic facilities," he added.

 

[pmaitra]

Recent updates from Syria:

 

[bhramos]

Off topic, but didn't want to start a news thread..

What's with Russia being the new buzzword in Europen media?

My take: there is no threat from Russia to Europe. All this natak is to justify the planned future increase In defence spending by European nations.

Obama and some Eastern Europe countries are marketing this idea of invasion. But it is not realistic it is all bullshit......

 

[su35]

@pmaitra @bhramos @gadeshi russian since start of campaign has showcased various missile and bombs but there are few missile of which no videos are available. are missiles like kh 29 kh 35 used by russian air force. I thought kh 29 to be counterpart of maverick but never seen them in action. are they used by IAF also

 

[Akim]

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[pmaitra]

Amidst withdrawal of a major portion of Russian forces from Syria, more Sukhoi-25 CAS aircraft are being deployed in Syria:

And, something we had all but known:

 

[Tactical Frog]

That withdrawal story is a smoke screen ! It is not the first time Putin announces some kind of a withdrawal. Does this look like withdrawal ? According some sources, Kadyrov 's men among these


https://www.youtube.com/embed/6aaNkRIGv9I

 

[pmaitra]

That withdrawal story is a smoke screen ! It is not the first time Putin announces some kind of a withdrawal. Does this look like withdrawal ? According some sources, Kadyrov 's men among these


https://www.youtube.com/embed/6aaNkRIGv9I

That video is more than two weeks old and does not coincide with the Russian withdrawal:


December 23rd, 2016

 

[Krusty]

Off topic, but didn't want to start a news thread..

What's with Russia being the new buzzword in Europen media?

My take: there is no threat from Russia to Europe. All this natak is to justify the planned future increase In defence spending by European nations.

Cold War 2.0 ........ but this time we will have additional players and new play fields

 

[gadeshi]

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Kefir labradore with his friends

 

[gadeshi]

A squadron of Su-25SM has been deployed in Syria last week to support liberation of Al Bab:
http://rusvesna.su/news/1484128472

 

[gadeshi]

Aleppo demining and restoration:
Medics in action:

 

[gadeshi]

Lybian MOD has visited Admiral Kuznetsov AC:

 

[gadeshi]

Russian sappers have demined gigantic mines in Aleppo:

 

[gadeshi]

Syrian videos on the beginning of the video - Sensation!!!
UN had supplied ISIS with explosive compounds covered as food melanges: