Russia on Friday scrapped the agreement to "deconflict" air operations over Syria, increasing the risk to U.S. pilots in the aftermath of cruise missile strikes launched by Navy destroyers on a Syrian air base.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said that the possibility of conflict between U.S. and Russian aircraft had "significantly increased" as the result of Moscow's decision to pull out of the 2015 deconfliction agreement in response to the U.S. attack on the Sharyat air base north of Damascus.
Putin views the U.S. strikes on Syria as "aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law," said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman.
U.S. officials said initial bomb damage assessments showed that the strikes by 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by the destroyers Ross and Porterhad inflicted "severe" damage on the base and destroyed as many as 20 Syrian aircraft.
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3 comments:
It sure would have been a great idea to shame Putin into being on the righteous side regarding the sarin gas attack on Syrian civilians instead of stepping on toes to get there first.
Now, Russia is an enemy.
Where is the UN and NATO these days? Have they quit their jobs?
It's easy. Use STEALTH bombers. Isn't that what they're for?
I would say that the Russian pilots are at greater risk.
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