The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the developments on the Turkish-Syrian border suggested Turkey’s intensive preparations for military intrusion into Syria. According to Reuters, it is caused by Syrian army source's statement that Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces that are advancing with Russian air support.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the developments on the Turkish-Syrian border suggested Turkey’s intensive preparations for military intrusion into Syria. According to Reuters, it is caused by Syrian army source's statement that Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces that are advancing with Russian air support.
"We have serious grounds to suspect Turkey of intensive preparations for military intrusion into the territory of the sovereign state — the Syrian Arab Republic. We are registering an increasing number of signs of the Turkish armed forces’ hidden preparations for active operations on the territory of Syria," the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told journalists.
He also mentioned the cancelation of the Russian observation flight over Turkish territory as “a dangerous precedent and an attempt to conceal illegal military activity near the border with Syria."
Russia’s Defense Ministry earlier provided convincing video evidence to the world public that Turkish self-propelled artillery systems were shelling Syrian populated areas in north Latakia, informs TASS.
In consonance with the spokesman, Russia’s Defense Ministry has intensified all kinds of reconnaissance in the Middle East at the moment.
