WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is voicing skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a major withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria.
Marine Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said the United States had not observed any significant withdrawal since Putin’s announcement.
Although he did not predict future moves, he said: “There have been no meaningful reductions in combat troops following Russia’s previous announcements planned departures from Syria.”
- [url='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-russia/u-s-wary-of-putins-declaration-of-military-victory-in-syria-idUSKBN1E62L7']U.S. wary of Putin's declaration of military victory in Syria[/url]
I do not even know whether to laugh or be sad because of such widely circulated news. At the Pentagon, everything has become so bad with intelligence or are they so openly lying? This statement was made on 12 December. But already on December 12, YouTube was filled with videos with the return to Russia of the first Russian military from Syria.
(This is not even talking about the fact that starting the withdrawal of troops the next day after the announcement of this - this is very high speed)
Return of the crew of the A-50 aircraft to the airfield in the Ivanovo region after completing the tasks in Syria. (I recall that the withdrawal of AWACS aircraft in the existing relations with NATO in Syria already automatically indicates that major air operations will no longer be.)
And this is the return to the airfield of the main basing of the Tu-22M3, which flew to Syria from the territory of Dagestan:
Similarly, the return of another Tu-22M3 group to the Murmansk region.
... to understand recursion, you must understand recursion ...