Sarakeb is close to the area where Monday, August 1, fell to the Russian Mi-8 helicopter.
Working for the Syrian opposition-controlled rescuers reported that on Tuesday night the helicopters dropped on the city of Sarakeb containers with poison gas. This is with reference to the speaker of the Syrian civil defence service writes Reuters. According to him, this operation involved 33 people, mostly women and children.
Representatives of civil defense, who was at the scene of the attack, I suspect that the containers were chlorine. But clearly to identify the gas could not.
Information about the attack of poison gas was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for human rights.
The Syrian government has not commented on the Agency’s message.
According to “RBC”, the journalists asked the press Secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, whether the operation retribution. “You’re talking about the modalities of the operation is not in the Kremlin need to address the issue. We have no information about the operation, and especially on such as stuffing very difficult to respond. You never know, based on what”, — said Peskov.
Over a five-year war and the government and opposition forces in Syria denies use of chemical weapons. The West believes that Assad’s forces have the opportunity to apply it. In turn, the Syrian government and Russia accused the use of chemical weapons by the opposition.
As reported, on August 1, the defense Ministry reported that in the province of Idlib as a result of attack from the ground was shot down by Russian military transport Mi-8 helicopter, which was returning to the base Hamim after the delivery of humanitarian aid to the city of Aleppo. On Board the helicopter were three crew members and two officers of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria. Responsibility for the incident has not yet claimed any one group.
Thus, the Russian army lost the third helicopter in Syria. 24 November 2015 Turkish military shot down a Russian fighter jet violated the airspace of the country. In search of the crew, who ejected, was sent two helicopters Mi-8, but one of the cars came under fire. Mi-8 was destroyed by fire from the territory controlled by the militants.
April 12 in Syria, crashed the Russian combat helicopter Mi-28N “Night hunter”, the two pilots were killed. As of June 19, the defense Ministry confirmed the deaths of the 11 Russian servicemen in Syria.
