United Nations:
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused Ukrainian intelligence providers of aiding rebels combating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s authorities, saying some fighters have been “brazenly flaunting” the affiliation.
Rebels combating with Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) “haven’t solely not hid the truth that they’re supported by Ukraine, however they’re additionally brazenly flaunting this,” Vassily Nebenzia instructed the Safety Council.
The envoy stated there was an “identifiable path” exhibiting Ukraine’s GUR navy intelligence service was “offering weapons to fighters” in northwest Syria.
“Ukrainian navy instructors from the GUR are current… coaching HTS fighters for fight operations,” together with towards Russian troops in Syria, Nebenzia alleged.
A renewed offensive previously week, led by HTS and its allies, has seen a large shift within the long-frozen frontlines of Syria’s civil conflict, with the Islamist-led rebels advancing on Syria’s fourth-largest metropolis Hama after capturing Aleppo.
Russia is certainly one of Assad’s key allies. Its 2015 intervention within the Syrian civil conflict turned the tide in his authorities’s favor.
Amid the brand new offensive, a press release from Syria’s military command stated its forces have been placing “terrorist organizations” in north Hama and Idlib provinces, with Russian air assist.
Ukraine’s overseas ministry stated Monday that Russia and Iran — each supporters of Assad’s hardline rule — “bear the primary duty” for the current escalation in combating.
Kyiv hit out at Assad for recognizing Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, and stated Ukrainians have been additionally being focused on a nightly foundation by Iranian-designed drones.
“The Russian dictator (Vladimir) Putin and his allies in Iran proceed to make each effort to not lose management over the puppet Syrian regime, which is related by nearly all of Syrians with inhuman cruelty, tyranny and crimes,” the ministry stated.
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