“Our talks there are very professional, they’re very constructive, and I expect them to lead in very short order to an agreement”, Carter told a news briefing in Boston. “Russia must act professionally in the skies over Syria and abide by basic safety procedures”.
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He claimed it showed Russian forces hitting the Islamic State; instead, it appeared to be a 5-year-old YouTube clip of a flight simulator video game.
The Russian jet maneuvered to near 2 or 3 kilometers from the USA plane this past Saturday.
“The Russians did it. Yes, this is the Russian army, this is Russian weaponry, this is Putin”.
USA proposals, first outlined during a secure video conference between the US and Russian militaries on October. 1, include maintaining a safe distance between US and Russian aircraft and using common radio frequencies for distress calls.
Russian Federation recently began conducting airstrikes to aid Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time ally, against Islamic State targets. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, was quoted as saying. The officials cited a “large mobilization” of Syrian troops and thousands of Iranians. Washington has been increasing support for rebel groups it backs in Syria, and one group said Tuesday that US-made anti-tank missiles were turning the tide in a major battle in the country’s centre and northwest.
The change is a recognition of the failure of Obama’s flagship anti-IS training program after a testy congressional hearing in September by U.S. General Lloyd Austin, who oversees the war against the IS, revealed that only “four or five” U.S.-trained Syrian rebels now remained in fight in Syria.
The attack is not the only backlash against Russian Federation.
An Egyptian TV news anchor has illustrated Russian air strikes on Islamic terrorists in Syria with footage from a war video game.
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“Here it is, in front of you, live on air”, he said. And if they kill our soldiers, then kill their soldiers.
