LIVE UPDATES: Vadim Kostenko, a Russian Air Force serviceman who died in Syria on Saturday, is being buried today. Friends and family insist that the government is lying about his cause of death. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Kommersant Reveals Russians Planned Syrian Air Strikes Under Cover […]
LIVE UPDATES: Relatives have confirmed that Vadim Kostenko, a contract serviceman in the Russian Air Force, was killed on October 24 while on duty in Syria. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Russian Jets Strike Southern Front For First Time 2015-10-27 15:15:57 Russian jets have reportedly struck rebel-held […]
LIVE UPDATES: Russian jets continue to strike rebel positions near Aleppo and Homs, with signs today of close coordination with both the Syrian regime and Iran. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Russian Airstrikes Targeting Hospitals, First In Idlib And Now In Aleppo 2015-10-19 16:54:48 Some of the […]
LIVE UPDATES: The Russian Northern Fleet has denied reports in Russian media that the country’s only aircraft carrier, the ailing Admiral Kuznetsov, is being dispatched to the Syrian coast. Meanwhile, the Russian air force claims to have completed 41 sorties in Syria over the last day. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column […]
LIVE UPDATES: There are reports this morning that Russian and Syrian regime forces conducted intense rocket barrages and air strikes on rebel-held areas of the Hama and Idlib provinces last night. Meanwhile ISIS has made advances in the Aleppo region in spite of Russia’s supposed air campaign against the group. The previous post in our […]
LIVE UPDATES: The Turkish Foreign Ministry says that a Russian jet fighter entered Turkish airspace on October 3 before being intercepted by F-16s. Russian bombers have struck positions within several hundred metres of the border in recent days. The Russian air force continues to pound rebel-held areas in the Idlib, Hama and Homs provinces. The […]
LIVE UPDATES: The Russian Air Force has reportedly struck ISIS-held areas for the first time since bombing began on September 30. However the majority of settlements struck by bombs over the last 24 hours lie outside ISIS-controlled territory. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Russian Major General Lists […]
LIVE UPDATES: Unconfirmed reports and images from Syria indicate that the Russian air offensive has entered its second day. Comments from Dmitry Peskov, President Putin’s press secretary, indicate that the targeting of the opposition groups other than ISIS is now officially sanctioned. So far, none of the settlements reported to have been bombed are ISIS-controlled. […]
This is a cross-post from Oryx Blog After the sighting of Su-30MS’ and Su-24M2s over Syrian airspace just days ago, new satellite imagery acquired by Stratfor and AllSource Analysis, dating from the 20th of September, has now revealed the presence of twelve Su-25 ‘Frogfoots’ being assembled at Hmeemeem/Bassel al-Assad IAP for a total of twenty […]
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