Washington: supply of S-300 to Syria will repeat the tragedy with IL-20

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Following Israel, which clearly did not like Russia's deliveries of S-300s to Syria, they spoke on this subject across the ocean. So, the special representative of the US Secretary of State for Syria, James Jeffrey, suddenly showed a “touching” concern for Russian planes in the Syrian sky.





As the RIA News, Jeffrey expressed the view that the presence of Damascus S-300 systems can lead to an increase in the likelihood of errors, as a result of which the incident with the IL-20 aircraft can be repeated. At the same time, he believes that Syria, and not Israel, is guilty of that incident.

Remember the tragedy that happened when a Russian plane was shot down by an error committed by the Syrian military and, if I am not mistaken, 15 people were killed. The supply of S-300 will lead to the fact that the Syrian military will have even more opportunities to make similar mistakes in the future

- said the American representative. He called on Moscow to be “extremely cautious” in this matter.

Jeffrey kept silent about only one important detail: if it were not for the Israeli bombing of the Syrian coast on September 17 of this year, then no tragedy with the IL-20 plane would have happened at all. It was to prevent similar cases that Russia delivered its S-300 air defense system to its Middle Eastern ally.

It should be recalled that recently in the Israeli press appear ARTICLESwhose authors are dissatisfied with the situation that developed after the death of the IL-20. It is indicated that Russia by its actions sharply narrowed the possibilities of Israel in the Syrian sky.
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