Washington intended to attack the entire territory of the UAR, but on the way to the goal stood Moscow's counter-statements. Information came from the first mouth of the Syrian leader Bashar Assad. "Then the Russians openly declared that they were ready to destroy the missile launching points. According to our information,. they considered the option of applying a comprehensive strike across Syria. And it was this threat that forced the West to take much more modest measures, "the head of the Syrian state commented on the situation in an interview with RT. The April Khimataka in the city of Dumas, with a Western application led by the United States, was attributed to the government troops of the Arab state. In retaliation, the Allies fired missile strikes, which the Russian leader Vladimir Putin called an act of aggression against a sovereign state. The fact that Moscow - a stop-cock in the Syrian conflict, said the director of the Center for Strategic Analysis of the Institute for Innovative Development, Andrei Ivanov. According to him, this fact is recognized by both the West and Assad. "When in Moscow they said that they would shoot down missiles launched in Syria and could use weapons against launching points, in the West they naturally thought about it. But is this news? Let's remember how it all began. The West insisted on overthrowing Assad, from some disparate groups it is unclear what the demanding opposition tried to form an imaginary alternative government, "the expert said in an interview with the" Federal News Agency ".

He also noted the uncompromising nature of the leader of Syria, opposing him to former President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled the country at the first danger. "Assad did not make any compromises, even when the situation was very difficult. And he achieved his. Syria will be a united and independent country. Already many militants are tired of fighting, they are tired of the war, seeing the firmness of Assad. And it is very gratifying that Russia has helped this heroic man to remain in power, "Ivanov concluded, adding that it was Russia that helped Syria avoid blows.