Russian Defense Ministry: as a result of shelling by militants of the Khmeimim airbase, two servicemen were killed

January 4 2018 567

Two soldiers died on December 31 as a result of mortar shelling by militants of Hmeymim airbase in Syria. This was reported on Thursday at the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Russian Defense Ministry: as a result of shelling by militants of the Khmeimim airbase, two servicemen were killed

31 December 2017 of the year with the onset of the dark time of the day Hmeymim airfield was subjected to a sudden mortar shelling of a mobile commando group of militants. As a result of the shelling, two servicemen were killed.

- said in a statement.

At the same time, the defense ministry noted that the information about the destruction of seven planes by militants at December’s 31 airbase in Symeim in Syria does not correspond to reality.

The message of Kommersant about the alleged "actual destruction" of seven Russian military aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase is a fake. The Russian air group in Syria is combat-ready and continues to perform all the tasks for its intended purpose in full.

- Said in the Ministry of Defense.

Also, the Defense Ministry said that "the Syrian security agencies are taking measures to search for and destroy the militants involved in the attack, as well as to strengthen the security regime of the territory adjacent to the airbase."

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MOSKVITYANIN

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5 January 2018 01: 20

Nikolai Grek
Losses at our VVB in the SAR are not a state secret, try to refute it...
I'm not going to deny anything to you...

Well, if you got lost because of the answer of anti-legendary people, then disappear from my horizon....
Mariner

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5 January 2018 01: 35

It doesn’t matter how many planes were damaged. If you need it, they will deliver it. This level of airfield security and the speed of reaction to an attack are alarming. If they had already slept through the attack, the helicopters should have immediately risen and covered the enemy. I hope they draw conclusions.
1. shuravi
  
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  5 January 2018 02: 17
  
  How long does it take to launch a helicopter on course?
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1. Muvka
  
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  5 January 2018 09: 03
  
  See below. I sorted out the whole situation. It's a lie.
2. Oleg7700
  
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  5 January 2018 16: 45
  
  This photo is from 2016, “for illustration”, which is what the author said...
3. voyaka uh
  
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  5 January 2018 19: 12
  
  But he couldn’t land - he spun and flew to Russia.
axenm

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5 January 2018 05: 17

The situation in Khmeimim is apparently much worse than is currently known. There is a message regarding the Scalpel medical aircraft:

“Spotters report that the Russian Il-76MD transport aircraft of the 223rd flight detachment with tail number RA-78830 was unable to land at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. The aircraft took off from the Chkalovsky military airfield in the Moscow region and made an intermediate landing at the airfield in Krymsk ( Krasnodar Territory), after which it proceeded through Turkish airspace in the direction of the Khmeimim airbase. Having made several passes over the base, the Il-76MD did not land and eventually headed north. The aircraft, heading towards Russia through Turkish airspace, will land at Krymsk airfield.

The reason why the transporter was unable to land in Syria is unknown. This may be due to the situation at the base after the shelling by militants on December 31st.

Update: the plane landed in Sochi."

(Source - telegram channel Directorate4)

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If the plane was unable to land at the airbase, the landing conditions were likely extreme, even for military aircraft. Whether this is due to damage to the GDP or some other reasons is unknown. But it seems that some completely catastrophic events occurred. It is impossible to attribute them to two to five mines from a mortar.
source: https://el-murid.livejournal.com/3614003.html
1. axenm
  
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  5 January 2018 05: 21
  
  the mossy guys in power simply still don’t understand that information technology covers up any of their lies. And it’s easier to tell the truth right away than to get out of it later and lie.
  1. Professor
    
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    5 January 2018 09: 05
    
    Quote: axxenm
    the mossy guys in power simply still don’t understand that information technology covers up any of their lies. And it’s easier to tell the truth right away than to get out of it later and lie.
    
    The most sensible comment!
2. axenm
  
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  5 January 2018 05: 22
  
  The plane made several passes, which means there were no barmaleys or stingars there. Plus they themselves (the Khmeimim base) called him. It means there’s something wrong with the runway, since he didn’t land
  did the airbase command not assess the runway before receiving medical assistance from the General Staff? Or that pilots of a heavy transport aircraft evaluate this condition at low level before landing?
  It may be that those 300s that the Scalpel was flying after became 200s during this time. Is it possible to take them on board? Is this flight overexposed?
  1. Muvka
    
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    5 January 2018 11: 11
    
    Quote: axxenm
    The plane made several passes, which means there were no barmaleys or stingars there. Plus they themselves (the Khmeimim base) called him. It means there’s something wrong with the runway, since he didn’t land
    did the airbase command not assess the runway before receiving medical assistance from the General Staff? Or that pilots of a heavy transport aircraft evaluate this condition at low level before landing?
    It may be that those 300s that the Scalpel was flying after became 200s during this time. Is it possible to take them on board? Is this flight overexposed?
    
    Regarding several visits. If the strip is destroyed, several passes are not made. What's the point of this? Additional approaches are made if the weather does not allow or the runway is approached incorrectly.
3. axenm
  
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  5 January 2018 05: 30
  
  The picture of what happened (if we add informal communications to it) increasingly resembles purely internal problems at the base. Therefore, the militants did not report anything - the shelling, it seems, was indeed a pure fake. Simply put, there was none at all. But what its defenders discovered at the base is the main question that the military is now trying to push under the carpet.
  If there was no shelling...and 2 soldiers were killed, then the question is different: either there was a drunken quarrel and shooting at friendly people (on New Year’s Eve!), or it was a skirmish with Assad’s forces. And if a huge “scalpel” was brought to Syria, then there are many wounded there, in addition to two “two hundredths”?
  1. Ncplc
    
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    5 January 2018 06: 21
    
    The plane could refuse to land due to weather conditions - there is a storm, rain, and wind gusts of up to 100 km/h.
  2. Muvka
    
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    5 January 2018 09: 00
    
    Well, let's look at your logic. It turns out that the shelling took place on December 31st. The plane took off from Moscow on the 4th at 2 am. Tell me, do we have such drunk warriors at our base that they couldn’t figure out in 4 days whether the runway was suitable for landing? Seriously? And yet, based on the person’s condition, it is immediately clear whether he needs to be transported or not. Let me remind you that 4 days have passed since the incident. Why was the flight called so late? And lastly, in the registry the aircraft with BN RA-78830 is listed as a cargo aircraft. Please send me a link where it is indicated that he is medical.
    Here is his photo from March 2, 2017
    
    and link
    https://russianplanes.net/images/to206000/205365.
    jpg
    1. Muvka
      
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      5 January 2018 09: 06
      
      And the scalpel is RA-86906. Flightradar hasn't seen him for a long time.
    2. m.cempbell
      
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      5 January 2018 12: 54
      
      In the registry, the aircraft with BN RA-78830 is listed as a cargo aircraft. Please send me a link where it is indicated that he is medical
      
      Any IL-76M can become a medical aircraft if equipped with the appropriate module. Externally, it will not differ in any way from any similar truck. The photo shows a civilian side. That the Moscow Region didn’t have any free ones?
      1. Filxnumx
        
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        5 January 2018 18: 24
        
        There are no IL-76Ms left flying in the Russian Federation. A purely civilian modification of the Il-76 is the Il-76TD. Yes, any Il-76MD military truck can be converted into a flying hospital, but only under ARP conditions and not in 4 days. And also try to find a functioning medical module, complete with resources.
4. Oleg7700
  
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  5 January 2018 16: 51
  One circle completed, apparently without any landing attempts...
  1. Muvka
    
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    5 January 2018 17: 08
    
    Agree, four days passed from the 31st to the 4th. Probably during this time they could understand at the base whether the strip was suitable for landing or not. And if not, then this plane would hardly have taken off at all.
nov_tech.vrn

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5 January 2018 10: 44

Sharikov Poligraf Poligrafovich,
Based on the results of an investigation into the activities of the “correspondent,” he received a photo from the outskirts, now I’m wondering how long it will take to fire the faker
m.cempbell

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5 January 2018 12: 13

Dear, I can’t get through all the comments, I don’t have that much time - can someone in the know tell me why the Armor was not immediately raised after the first mine? Or are they located more than 6 km from the base? Or did they shoot in one gulp?
Town Hall

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5 January 2018 12: 25

Quote: Muvka
But it still bothers me that the shelling was at night, and the photo is clearly not the earliest morning. The hole is not at the bottom. How much fuel can there be at that level so that it flows for 5 hours or more with a rather strong stream and does not leak out? This is strange.

I agree. More than strange. It seems that the hole is staged. For a photo
Reader 2013

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5 January 2018 12: 37

The Russian airbase in the Syrian city of Khmeimim was fired upon by an 82-mm Cornflower automatic mortar. Vestnik Mordovia writes about this with reference to the opinion of military experts.

Among its advantages are its low weight (just over 630 kilograms), which allows the gun to be placed, for example, in a van, and its high rate of fire (up to 120 rounds per minute). The publication clarifies that “Cornflower” is loaded with cassettes and fires in bursts. One exploding munition can break into 600 fragments. Next: https://news.rambler.ru/army/38824552/?utm_conten
t = rnews & utm_medium = read_more & utm_source = c
opylink
1. A. Privalov
  
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  5 January 2018 14: 28
  
  Quote: Reader 2013
  The Russian airbase in the Syrian city of Khmeimim was fired upon by an 82-mm Cornflower automatic mortar. Vestnik Mordovia writes about this with reference to the opinion of military experts.
  Among its advantages are its low weight (just over 630 kilograms), which allows the gun to be placed, for example, in a van, and its high rate of fire (up to 120 rounds per minute). The publication clarifies that “Cornflower” is loaded with cassettes and fires in bursts. One exploding munition can break into 600 fragments. Next: https://news.rambler.ru/army/38824552/?utm_conten
  t = rnews & utm_medium = read_more & utm_source = c
  opylink
  
  The publication adds that the Syrian army did not have Cornflower mortars in service. Most likely, the militants received these weapons from Turkey.
  
  What happens, Recep Akhmetovich is stabbing a knife in the back again?
  1. Spec
    
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    5 January 2018 23: 13
    
    “Cornflowers” were also in Syria.
  2. LPD17
    
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    7 January 2018 20: 47
    
    ...your guys are deserted???they worked?and they planted an English beret))) such subtle trolling))) of the former occupiers)))
Town Hall

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5 January 2018 14: 13

Inok10,
This whole story is a jumble of fun facts......l/s had fun with NG...
iaroslav.mudryi

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5 January 2018 14: 27

Behind a series of endless disputes about what happened at the Khmeimim base (I feel sorry for our dead guys, blessed memory to them!), the current operational-tactical situation in Syria is not specified. So what's there? Is everyone celebrating? Press center not working? The security of the base has been removed, they are drinking vodka, and this is what they got!? Too banal and simple. This is exactly the kind of coverage that the liberal press seeks.
Today's (05.01.18/XNUMX/XNUMX) analysis from Colonel Kassad, quote:
"Despite some problems in Eastern Ghouta and unpleasant episode with Khmeimim, the main events in Syria are now unfolding in Northern Hama and southern Idlib, where the largest offensive of the SAA and its allies in late 2017 - early 2018 continues.
As Gerasimov, the head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, previously outlined strategic goals for the 2018 year, the 2018 year should be the year of the destruction of An-Nusra and the cleansing of Idlib from terrorists. This campaign was launched in November and is now in the process of active implementation.
It is the growing pressure of the SAA in Idlib, which is actively assisted by Russian military advisers and the Russian Aerospace Forces, that forces the militants to attack in Eastern Ghouta in order to draw the SAA reserves away from Idlib and Hama, as well as to carry out systematic attacks on the Khmeimim airbase in order to complicate the operations of the Russian Aerospace Forces to provide air support. support for Syrian troops."

Entirely here, source: http://rusdozor.ru/2018/01/05/idlib-05-01-2018/
Muvka

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5 January 2018 15: 04

Inok10,
Another very interesting fact. Compare 2 photos. On one field behind the plane at the same distance, and on the other much further. At the same time, the asphalt ends clearly far from the aircraft parking area. But if you look at the photo of our base, this cannot be. They are all on the edge.
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bmpd/38024980/2802
436 / 2802436_original.jpg
Shahno

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5 January 2018 15: 37

Inok10,
Enoch. There was definitely mortar fire there. Only the damage in those photos from the incident with the base does not in any way translate into intense mortar shelling. Draw your own conclusions... Sometimes it’s better to remain silent.
Cynic

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5 January 2018 16: 31

How about just thinking?
The Yankees worked on the Syrian air base, well, even with fifty Tomahawks, so what?
And here, two pickup trucks with two 82-mm mortars and so on...

I was always amazed at the stupidity and lack of calculation of the consequences by the liberals!
Did they think that they had insulted our Aerospace Forces by embellishing the consequences of our shelling? Yeah, they just dropped the Yankees once again and not below the plinth, but...
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1. nov_tech.vrn
  
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  6 January 2018 19: 19
  
  You need to get acquainted with Roma’s page, having first read the links of opponents and the analysis of the activities of this worker, I am very interested in whether there will be organizational conclusions as a consequence of posting this so-called. a journalist of unverified, or rather falsified, data, or this fake news will continue to be considered a correspondent for Russian media
  1. iaroslav.mudryi
    
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    6 January 2018 19: 36
    
    Let's go the logical way, who is he, the military journalist Roman Saponkov?
    1. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAEdUrCk-aU), so he is a journalist of RIA FAN, has been in the Donbass and in Syria since October 2015, has been making video reports, freely moving throughout Syria.
    2. His first report from Syria
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omrRs3eBodw)
    3. What kind of organization is RIA FAN, which gives him passes to any point where the war is?
    (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_agents
    your_news) quote: A number of Russian and foreign publications associate the FAN with the billionaire Evgeny Prigozhin
    4. Who is Evgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin?
    (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prigozhin_Evgeny_
    Viktorovich), quote: In the summer of 2016, Fontanka.ru linked Yevgeny Prigozhin with Dmitry Utkin, head of the Wagner Group. Among the latter’s entourage, the head of the security service of one of the entrepreneur’s firms, Evgeny Gulyaev, was discovered.
    In 2014-2015, PMC Wagner participated in clashes in the territories of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics. Since the autumn of 2015, PMC Wagner has been participating in the Syrian campaign, in particular - participated in the liberation of Palmyra. The defeat of ISIS in the Palmyra region during the operations of the Wagner group is called the most significant since the proclamation of the Islamic state. In June 2017, Wagner PMC was included in the US sanctions list.
    You can continue to dig further, but nothing. As far as I understand, PMCs do nothing without the knowledge and coordination of the MoD. Accordingly, it seems to me that the military journalist Roman Saponkov is a mishandled Cossack. And the Moscow region cannot but know about its activities, and who supplies it with materials. And if this journalist, being in trust, got out of control .... However, this is another story.
airgus

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5 January 2018 17: 54

gig334,
Do you think that regular Urals or Kamaz trucks don’t drive around Khmeimim??? or what do you think should go there?
Filxnumx

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5 January 2018 18: 09

Inok10,
There is an opinion that this damage to the stabilizer is the result of a collision between an AUV, TZ or another SNOSP and not in Khmeimim at all. It looks more like a middle lane, and the absence in the photo (a very good angle) of state affiliation and registration signs generally suggests that the photo is either very ancient or that this aircraft is not Russian at all.
1. shuravi
  
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  5 January 2018 19: 53
  
  Yeah, more like collision damage.
  1. nov_tech.vrn
    
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    6 January 2018 19: 21
    
    Did they send photos to Roma from the outskirts, where did you see their correspondents in Syria?
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1. sabotage
  
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  5 January 2018 21: 14
  
  Friendly Fire for the New Year?
gig334

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5 January 2018 22: 54
The kind of evidence presented by a certain journalist can be made by anyone. I'm talking about board 29, here it's already 28 and crests have one
1. iaroslav.mudryi
  
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  6 January 2018 13: 52
  
  SYRIA. BASE HEMAIM. СУ24 second-hand 29
  Post to 20: 00 by 05.01.18
  
  We watch the plot (09: 26-11: 12) carefully:
  10: 30-10: 33 (long-distance plan SU24 b / n 29 starboard side)
  
  10: 36-10: 39 (long-distance plan SU24 b / n 29 port side)
  
  10: 39-10: 42 (close-up of SU24 b / n 29 starboard side)
  
  as you can see, the plane is intact ... who posted the first pictures? Military GORESpondent Roman Saponkov!? Oh well......
LPD17

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7 January 2018 20: 44

An English SAS beret was found at a mortar position... noo
Bond dropped it? with cigarettes costing £100 a pack?
Tel Aviv?= your job?
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