Moscow. 9th December. INTERFAX.RU - Most of the rapprochement between Russian and American aircraft in the region of the Euphrates River valley in Syria was associated with attempts by US aircraft to interfere with the destruction of ISIS terrorists (the grouping is banned in the Russian Federation, IF), said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov.
"For example, on November 23 in the airspace over the western bank of the Euphrates River, the American F-22 fighter actively prevented the Russian pair of Su-25 attack aircraft from fulfilling their combat mission to destroy the ISIS stronghold in the suburbs of the city of Mejadin. The F-22 fired off heat traps and produced brake flaps with permanent maneuvering, simulating an air battle, "he told reporters on Saturday.
At the same time, Major General noted that "after the appearance of a number of Russian multifunctional super maneuverable Su-35S fighter, the American fighter stopped dangerous maneuvers and hurried to withdraw to the airspace of Iraq." "Note that the American side on this and many other incidents in the sky of Syria did not find answers for the Russian command at the airbase" Khmeimim, "Konashenkov said.
"As for verbal threats against Russian aircraft, it is recommended that certain representatives of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces filter their thoughts and focus on the destruction of ISIS terrorists in Iraq, rather than provoking incidents in the air," Konashenkov said.
The Russian Defense Ministry also reminded the United States that Syria is a sovereign state. "Statements by representatives of the US Army that there is part of the airspace in Syria that belongs to the United States is puzzling," Konashenkov said.
"Representatives of the Pentagon," he said, "should remember that Syria is a sovereign state and a member of the United Nations, therefore, the United States did not have any" own "sky and can not be there." At the same time, the general stressed that "unlike the Russian Aerospace Forces, the aircraft of the international coalition led by the United States is acting in Syria illegally."
Thus, the Russian Defense Ministry reacted to statements by Pentagon representatives in an interview with the New York Times and CNN that Russian military aircraft allegedly tolerate dangerous rapprochement with American aircraft in Syria, calling, according to the representative of the US Central Command Damien Picart, "into our airspace east of the Euphrates River. "
On December 6, the Russian General Staff reported that Syria has been completely liberated from terrorists, all the gang formations of the ISIS have been destroyed. Russia in the autumn of 2015 responded to the appeal of the Syrian authorities, which are fighting terrorism, and sent its videoconference stations to this country.
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