In Syria, Russian bad faith turns fatal
Фатальная ложь России в Сирии
SHADDADI, Syria — This week’s fatal collision between U.S. and Russian proxy forces in Syria has many ominous portents. But to hear the Syrian Kurdish commander who was overseeing the battle describe it, this is above all a tale of Russian bad faith, which U.S. officials see as a chronic problem in resolving the Syrian war.
Gen. Hassan, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in this region, points to a spot on the map just east of Deir al-Zour, about 50 miles southwest of here, where he says tanks and artillery backing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad began advancing Wednesday night toward the headquarters occupied by his forces and their advisers from U.S. Special Operations forces. (Hassan, like some other senior Kurdish commanders, didn’t give his full name.)
Hassan says he had intelligence reports that the pro-regime attack was coming. So at 9:30 Wednesday night, about a half-hour before the assault began, he called his regular Russian liaison contact in Deir al-Zour — hoping to avoid a battle.
“We told them there is some movement, and we don’t like to … attack on this movement. They [the Russians] don’t accept our offer and denied, said there’s nothing happening,” Hassan said through an interpreter. He was speaking to several reporters who traveled here Thursday with Maj. Gen. James B. Jarrard, who oversees U.S. Special Operations forces in Syria and Iraq...
...«Мы сказали им, есть какое-то движение, и мы не хотели ... нападения на этом движении. Они [русские] не принять наше предложение и отрицал, сказал, что нет ничего происходит,»сказал Хасан...
...США Airpower отреагировала на эту угрозу для американских войск с разрушительной огневой мощью, от AC-130 штурмовиков вооруженных беспилотных летательных аппаратов. Пентагон оценкам, более 100 были убиты. Хасан показал, что потери включены некоторые русские, по-видимому, из наемников, борющихся вместе с силами провластных. Соединенные Штаты не понесли потерь... ( переводите сами -тут все грамотные)
Журнал Washingtonpost очень осторожен в опубликовании, но теперь дело во времени и скоро все прояснится. По неподтвержденным данным потери составили от 200 до 600 российских наемников.
