Russia says that the attack is aimed solely at terrorists.
The troops of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian military aviation is preparing an offensive in the direction of Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa.
This was stated by the permanent representative of Russia to the UN office and other international organizations in Geneva Alexei Borodavkin.
However, he insists that the offensive on the position of the terrorist groups Islamic state and Jabhat an-Nusra, which the ceasefire does not apply.
At the same time, the secular Syrian opposition to such assurances does not believe.
Earlier, UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura appealed to Russia and the United States with a call to save the negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Syrian conflict.
According to him, the ceasefire regime, introduced in February, “barely alive.”
