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Kivonata angolul:
Start of
#Russia/n operation in
#Syria in Oct 2015 was thoroughly planned. Experience of 1962 when USSR transferred troops to Cuba was studied & partly replicated. SYR operation was extremely secretive,up to 50 aicrafts flying to Hmeymim.
The very combat forces were transferred about a month before the start in late September. It took much longer with inventory and logistics to create the infrastructure.Use of ground forces was ruled out from the beginning because..
#Syria/n army,“patriotic militias”were combat-capable despite big losses (b) primary tasks were target detection,fire damage,disruption of enemy’s control systems – airforces tailored for it better.Yet to organize management of all forces command post was set up in Hmeymim
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#ISIS was very combat competitive. Some of their commanders ex-Iraqi army chiefs,some trained by instructors from across the Mideast.Had about 1500 tanks,1200 canonry,seized weapons from SYR & IRQ armies,used combat tactics,so weren’t just a terrorist group but a regular army
Before
#Russia entered
#US-led coalition was delivering 8-10 strikes a day. Rus were launching 60-70 strikes on average, the highest was 120-140 strikes per one day. Gerasimov sasy "it makes sense since their top priority was toppling
#Assad, not fighting IS"
#Russia had some progress w
#US – deconfliction, southern de-escalation zone but
#America declined all other Rus proposals which were joint planning,surveillance, joint strikes on terrorists."If it had materialized we'd have been much more successful by now in a shorter time"
BIG ONE:Al Tanf used to train 350 militants.Besides,there're 750 militants from east bank of Euphrates at the Kurds-controlled Al-Shaddadi camp.Virtually it’s ISIS people under names like “New Syrian Army”their goal is to destabilize SYR.
#US wont allow access to Rukban camp.
.Rus still has forces in SYR capable of delivering adequate offensive if needed. Situation unstable but
#Russia's MAIN MILITARY OBJECTIVE in SYR now is eliminate Nusra/HTS which continues to operate in some de-escalation zones. Naval presence in the Mediterranean 2B maintained
Most difficult aspect at initial stages of operation was to organize coordination of airforce w Syr gov forces&“ace-deuce groupings.” There're far too many “patriotically-oriented armed units” who we urged to take the gov side.But we came to learn how to do it,now it's smooth
Total of 48,000 Rus soldiers&officers been rotated - most for3 months – in Syr w 90% of divisions,more thanhalf of regiments&brigades having served there over course of 2+ years.200 types of weapons tested. We made giant leap in drones technology now integral part to our mil
INTERESTING:Gerasimov reports on state of affairs in
#Syria to Defense Minister
#Shoigu morning and evening &Shoigu reports to
#Putin once or twice a week.Sometimes the three sit down to plan together.Gerasimov says "Putin sets goals, tasks, knows all the details on every level."
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#Russia/n estimates:by Sep.2015 there’re total of 59K fighters in all
#ISIS groupings& they recruited about 10K more along the way after it,2,8K - from Russia. Now IS militants going back to countries of origin.Most go to
#Libya, some to
#Afghanistan, others- to South-W Asia
