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Media: Russian military personnel were at Syrian airbase at the time of US missile strikes
Russian servicemen were at the Shayrat airbase when American missiles hit it, as reported by Russian RBC news agency citing an unnamed officer from the Syrian Army.
“There is not information about the casualties or wounded among the Russians, “ the officer said.
According to him, Russian military are still present at the air base.
The Syrian officer also indicated that the Syrian military command received the information about the forthcoming missile strikes of the US and managed to remove …
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Kremlin: We do not unconditionally support Assad
Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary for Russian President, has said that Kremlin support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not unconditional, reports AP.
The previous day, the U.S. State Department said that it is time for Russia to reconsider its support of Assad, due to the chemical attack in Syria. It was reported today that U.S. President Donald Trump has set sights on war against Assad.
"Unconditional support is impossible in this world," he said.
The Kremlin added that it “is …
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Moscow suspends US-Russian agreement on flight safety over Syria, sends warships to Mediterranean
Following the US missile strikes on Syrian airbase, Russia said it is suspending the memorandum on the prevention of incidents and on ensuring the safety of flights over Syria that it had with the US.
The statement published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the suspension of this cooperation comes in response to the American missile strikes on Syrian air base in Idlib.
“The Russian side suspends the memorandum on the prevention of incidents and on ensuring …
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Crimean Tatar leader Dzhemilev claims that Crimea’s current 'semi-bandit totalitarian regime' is worse than the Soviet one
After the annexation of the Crimea, Russia established on the peninsula “a hard, semi-bandit, totalitarian regime, which, by some of its features, is even worse than the Soviet one," as stated by the leader of the Crimean people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, at a conference in Bratislava, Radio Liberty reports.
“The struggle of Crimean Tatars was long and persistent, but ultimately successful. Hundreds of people passed through prisons and camps. Some of them ended their lives in prison chambers and many …
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General Hyten: The US has 'no defense' against Russia's new cruise missile
The United States has "no defense" against ground-based cruise missiles recently deployed by Russia, according to a report submitted to Congress by a high-ranking American general.
The Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, General John Hyten, warned that Russian missile systems "are within range and can threaten most of the continent of Europe" and that the US "has no defense against it," especially with regard to the defense of European allies.
The US authorities described the deployment of …