Russia says Syria shot down one of its military planes, blames Israel - RIA
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russias Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the Syrian military had accidentally shot down a Russian military plane over Syria, but said it blamed the incident on Israel, the RIA news agency reported.
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On Tuesday, the ministry accused Israeli military planes of deliberately creating a dangerous situation near the Syrian city of Latakia which is close to a Russian air base where it said the Il-20 aircraft was preparing to land, RIA reported.
The Ministry of Defence said 15 Russian military service people had died because of what it described as Israels irresponsible actions. It said Israel had only warned it one minute before launching the strikes, RIA reported.
Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-russia/russia-says-syria-shot-down-one-of-its-military-planes-blames-israel-ria-idUKKCN1LY05J
Blame Israel for what Syria did? Wow.
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)And it's fully understandable that Israel did not warn Russia in advance: Syria has been Russia's lackey for decades and Russia and Syria share military information.
For fuck's sake: Russia has just founded a military-academy on its own soil, especially for syrian children, to be trained for military positions and then to be sent back to Syria. And with whom will their loyalty be when these syrian-born, russian-raised military officers go back to Syria?
Behind the Aegis
(53,823 posts)I am sure The Intercept and its fans will also join in the blame, after all, Israel was mentioned, therefore, GUILTY! Hey, maybe we can even get the UNSC to pass a resolution against Israel, then it will be a "win-win" for the Jew-hating scum who pretend they are "just critics". YEA!
TexasTowelie
(111,292 posts)which the Reuters article did not mention:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/18/syri-s18.html
Behind the Aegis
(53,823 posts)Those assholes will almost always blame Israel if they have a chance.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,149 posts)It's only talking about Turkey in terms of the situation in Idlib and the talks on that, rather than anything to do with the Russian plane or the port.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)So it's Israel's fault because, why?
IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)The skies are crowded over Syria