The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation caught Kommersant in replicating fakes
The information that appeared yesterday about the alleged destruction of seven Russian planes in Syria on December 31, distributed by the Kommersant publication, does not correspond to reality.
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This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, TASS reports.
“The Kommersant report about the alleged “actual destruction” of 7 Russian military aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase is a fake. The Russian air group in Syria is combat ready and continues to carry out all its intended tasks in full,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
At the same time, the defense department admitted that on December 31, 2017, with the onset of darkness, the Khmeimim airfield came under sudden mortar fire from a mobile sabotage group of militants, as a result of which two servicemen were killed.
At the same time, Kommersant claimed that during the shelling of the Khmeimim airbase, militants allegedly destroyed 7 aircraft and blew up an ammunition depot.
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