Militants are preparing a provocation with poisonous substances in Syria to justify a massive US strike on Damascus government quarters, said Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on Tuesday.
According to him, Russia has reliable information on the preparation by militants of a staged use of chemical weapons by government troops.
weapons against civilians.
We have reliable information about the training by militants of the staging of the use of chemical weapons by government forces against civilians. To this end, in a few districts of Eastern Guta, a crowd of women, children, and old people brought from other districts, who are to portray victims of a chemical incident, have been collected. There are already "white helmets" activists and film crews with satellite video broadcasting equipment.
- he said.
This is confirmed by the discovery of a chemical weapons production laboratory in the settlement of Aftris that was liberated from terrorists.
- added Gerasimov.
After provocation, the United States plans to accuse Syrian government forces of using chemical weapons.
In retaliation, Washington plans to launch a rocket-bombing attack on Damascus government quarters.
- said Gerasimov.
The Russian Defense Ministry is ready to take retaliatory measures against a possible US missile attack on Damascus, if there is a threat to the Russian military, said the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
At the same time, in Damascus, Russian military advisers, representatives of the Reconciliation Center of the warring parties and members of the military police are in the offices and facilities of the Syrian Defense Ministry. In the event of a threat to the lives of our servicemen, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will take retaliatory measures against both the missiles and the carriers who will use them
- leads TASS statement Gerasimov
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