Questions to the Ministry of Defense with no hope of response
But no, we got revenge ... We hit a high-precision one. weapons and destroyed more 30 militants! Has it made anyone feel better? Filippov's family? Strange kind of arithmetic in our MO.
Many are already aware that our Su-25 has been shot down in the province of Idlib. Militants have published a video of an airplane falling with a burning wing, and even more. The representative of the "Syrian People's Army" confirmed the destruction of the aircraft and the pilot.
In the development of the theme appeared stories about the death of the Russian pilot, Major Roman Filippov. And the stories are quite interesting. I shot back to the last bullet and when I realized that he was facing a captivity, he blew up a grenade. He took a couple of militants with him.
The story is quite true. Filippov is not a boy and he perfectly imagined that he was facing a captivity. Therefore, we will not discuss the feat of this soldier. Shot, did not surrender, it means that already a hero. And his memory will remain in stories parts where he served. The conversation will be somewhat different.
By the way, about the version that the media will actively promote. On the error of the militants. Allegedly, they wanted to shoot down a Syrian plane, but they shot down a Russian one. Alas, but experts say that this is utter nonsense. "Rooks" in Syria is only the VKS RF. Write off the launch of the rocket on the insane moron who does not distinguish between planes, also will not work. MANPADS moron do not give. Not automatic.
I want to talk about something else. And ask some unpleasant questions to the Ministry of Defense. To which, of course, there will be no answer.
We finished the operation in Syria or continue?
Will we start to notice an increase in danger to Russian soldiers and military facilities in Syria?
Why do we create for our warriors "situations of heroism"?
Here, at VO, we still realized that, if a fighter of a cover fighter relying on the situation, such as the Su-24, relied on the situation with the Su-35, the Turks would have signified their presence on their F-15. And there would be no need to impose sanctions, nothing. And the star would be useful to someone else.
About the same today. Question: why Su-25, attack aircraft, cut in the area, performing the role of either a scout or a single drummer?
The Defense Ministry pays so much that it has the right to send to death?
But the situation is not considered differently. A single plane over an area occupied by enemies. Well armed. And what, they were all there should have scattered at the sight of "Rook"?
Only according to official data, that confirmed by the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation, we have already lost 44 troops in Syria. Now 45.
I don’t even want to talk about fairly large losses of aircraft. In real combat, 5 of our helicopters (2 transport and 3 drums), two planes, Su-24 (bomber), Su-25 (attack aircraft) are destroyed.
But there were also other losses. Mi-24, crashed "for technical reasons" near the airfield of Ham. MiG-29 and Su-33, which fell when landing on an aircraft carrier. Su-24, which exploded when taking off at Hamim last fall.
Now many people compare the situation in Syria with the situation in which the Soviet Army was in Afghanistan. "Suck" every action from all sides. It's right here, it's not right. But comparing these events is stupid. More precisely, unprofessional.
In Afghanistan, the Soviet Army acted independently. And only occasionally used local troops. Readers will remember our analysis of the attack on Hamim. When we quite rightly asked a question about the protection of the airfield. In Afghanistan it was. Airfield in Bagram how many times was attacked? And it ended only after we took control of the security on 40-50 km.
In Syria, we "help" the Syrian army. And we are "friends" with allies like Turkey and Iran. About "active interaction with the coalition," I think there is no need to write. Therefore, the danger increases.
We cannot control the defense zones on our own. "Well, I could not, could not" will sound often. From the territory controlled by one of the "allies," they attacked ... "Well, I couldn't ..."
But we go ahead and ask a very important question:Do we win or lose in Syria?
A simple question at first glance. And the answer is no! Won? Then why hit the Rook? Why aren’t territory cleansing done?
Lost? To whom? Where are those who tried to fight with us? “There are no others, but those are far away” ... President Putin reported, if not on victory, then ...
President Assad seems to be alive, healthy and governs the country. ISIS * as a pseudo-state disappeared. So you didn't lose?
In general, for this global "fight against terrorism", it is like something for us ... Along the lampas. That is honest. We really feel sorry for the guys who die not because they do not know how themselves, but because there they do not know how at the top.
All these reports that won, dispersed, exterminated ... It is clear that Peremoga is needed. No, we have no bravura reports today.
Just then, after all these statements, the next victims on the altar of war somehow do not look very good.
Approximately the same as the after-silence of our military ministry.
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