Russia's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Alexander Shulgin said that the Russian Federation found in the Syrian city of the Duma participants "filming the production video". "We did not find any indication that the Duma used chemical weapons. No witness, not one poisoned. No remains of chemical munitions were found. But managed to find. participants in the filming of the production video, which was presented as a "proof" of the chemistry, "RIA Novosti quotes Shulgin as saying..

He also believes that, from a military point of view, the success of the strike on Syria is "doubtful". The West accused the SAR authorities of a chemical attack on the city of the Duma in East Gut, and Russia denied information about the chlorine bomb allegedly dropped by the Syrian military. On Saturday, April 14, the United States, together with Great Britain and France, launched missile strikes on Syria - more than 100 missiles were fired, most of which were shot down by the air defense system of the CAP.