Russia continues evacuating military equipment from Syria, Ukraine's Intelligence
Illustrative photo: Russia continues to evacuate military equipment from Syria (Getty Images)
Russia continues to evacuate weapons, equipment, and personnel from Syria using military transport aircraft, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence reports.
According to Ukraine's spy agency, Russian military columns continued to move from deep inside Syria toward bases in Khmeimim and Tartus on December 15. The enemy is still hoping to maintain control over these bases.
Russian military transport planes have continued their flights from Syria to airfields in Russia, including Makhachkala, Chkalovsk, and Nizhny Novgorod.
"To remove weapons, military equipment, and personnel, Russia deployed an Il-76MD from the 196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment, two Il-76MDs from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and two An-124-100s from the 224th Flight Squadron, which belongs to the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor state," Ukraine's Defense Intelligence added.
Russian withdrawal from Syria
After the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russia began withdrawing part of its forces from Syria, as satellite images confirmed. On December 14, Ukraine's spy agency reported that Russia was facing huge problems evacuating its soldiers from Syria.
Get more details about the situation in Syria and the fall of the dictator's regime in our material.
