Exclusive: Armed Russian jets have flown over a U.S. military garrison in Syria nearly every day in March, violating an agreement between the U.S. and Russia, a U.S. general says.
Friedemann Kohler / picture alliance via Getty Images fileArmed Russian jets have flown over a U.S. military garrison in Syria nearly every day in March, violating a four-year-old agreement between the U.S. and Russia and risking escalation, according to the U.S. general in charge of air operations in the region.
“They’re regularly flying directly overhead of our units, and I’ve defined directly overhead, as within about a mile, no more than a mile offset one side or the other, while we’ve got forces right there on the ground at ATG,” said Grynkewich. “So it’s an uncomfortable situation.”The Russian aircraft include Su-34 jets. Some aircraft carry air to air weapons and others carrying air to ground munitions, and weapons include radar-guided and heat-seeking missiles and bombs.
“The Russians have over the last several months seemed to abandon that tenet of the protocols,” Grynkewich said. The Russians still insist the U.S. stay away from Russian ground units, he explained, and the U.S. is adhering to that. But the Russians have even flown directly over U.S. troops on the ground in southern Syria, which he called provocative.Grynkewich said the Russians could be taking a more aggressive posture to put pressure on the U.S.
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