An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Friday that Moscow has no present plans to supply an advanced air protection system to Syria.
Vladimir Kozhin, a member of Putin’s internal circle, advised the Russian newspaper Izvestia that there was no speak of delivering the S-300 system to Damascus.
“So far, there has been no talk of deliveries of modern new systems,” he stated, including that the Assad regime has “all that is needed.”
Kozhin’s feedback come a day after Israel destroyed a lot of Syria’s defenses, as it bombed Iranian targets inside Syria.
The sortie got here after Iran fired 20 missiles towards Israel simply after midnight on Thursday morning, the IDF stated. Four of the missiles have been knocked down by the Iron Dome air protection system and the remainder failed to attain Israeli territory, in accordance to the army.
Vladimir Kozhin, aide to Russian President Vladimir Purin, interviewed on December 22, 2017. (Screen seize: VBOX7)
As acknowledged by the IDF, its strikes focused the Russian-made long-range SA-5, often known as the S-200, which is the predecessor of the extra advanced S-300 and S-400; the Russian high-altitude SA-2, or S-75; the Russian short-to-medium vary SA-22, often known as the Pantsir-S1; and the SA-17 medium-range air protection system, often known as the Buk.
Kozhin’s feedback additionally come two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Russia for talks with Putin specializing in “ensuring ongoing military cooperation in Syria.”
Just earlier than Netanyahu met with Putin, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin acknowledged that a resolution had not but been made on supplying Syria with advanced air protection programs.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen throughout a wreath laying ceremony on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, on May 9, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Russian officers had stated over the previous few weeks that Moscow was prepared to supply Syria with new air protection capabilities — presumably together with the highly effective S-300 system.
Early Thursday morning, Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter jets bombed over 50 Iranian targets all through Syria in an in depth marketing campaign, dubbed “Operation House of Cards,” to try to destroy Iran’s army presence within the nation, the military stated.
The mission — the most important air marketing campaign carried out by Israel in Syria in over 40 years — was “very successful,” a senior air pressure officer stated Thursday, however warned that Israel believes that Iranian forces in Syria are nonetheless in possession of surface-to-surface missiles that would once more be fired at Israel.