Russians in Syria – will the contingent and equipment from Syria reach Ukraine — World
Putin may try to ask Erdogan to remove the cargo, but Turkey is unlikely to need it.
According to the BBC, about 7,500 Russian contingents were in Syria this spring. This is the total number, but not all of them are military.
Naval expert Defense Express, retired captain of the first rank, Volodymyr Zablotsky, told about this on the telethon “Edyny Novyny”.
“For example, the military police are not military personnel, they do not know how to fight, they do not have those weapons. But they had many functions on the territory of Syria, on the demarcation line, joint patrols with Turkish police units. There were many units that ensured the functionality of the contingent at the Khmeimim base and three other smaller air bases, so-called jump airfields,” Zablotskyi said.
According to him,…