The risks of a collision between the Russian Federation and the United States in Syria are significantly increased after the US attack on the Syrian government air base. This was stated by the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council the situation after the US missile strike against Syria. The Kremlin noted that the situation had escalated to the point that it would not be aggravated even by the suspension of the Russian-American memorandum on the prevention of incidents and ensuring the safety of aviation flights.

"Against the backdrop of missile strikes, we can hardly talk about any further increase in the risk - the risk has already been significantly increased," stressed Peskov. He said that at the meeting with Putin, "deep concern was expressed about the inevitable negative consequences of such aggressive actions," and "regret was expressed at the damage to bilateral Russian-American relations that was caused in connection with the strikes against objects Syria ".

The Kremlin recalled that the Russian military is in Syria legitimately from the point of view of international law, since they arrived there at the invitation of the legal CAP leadership. And they will continue to carry out in Syria the tasks set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation, President Putin, the words of Peskov RIA "Novosti".

About what goals are set for the military in connection with the new circumstances, the Ministry of Defense has already told. First of all, the forces will be directed to the strengthening of the Syrian army's air defense system: "In the near future, a complex of measures will be implemented to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the air defense system of the Syrian armed forces in order to cover the most sensitive objects of the Syrian infrastructure," the official representative of the Russian Military Department Igor Konashenkov.

As for the evaluation of the US operation in Syria, the Ministry of Defense does not doubt that it was planned in advance. "To prepare such a strike, it is necessary to conduct a large complex of activities for reconnaissance, planning, preparing flight missions and bringing the missiles into full readiness for launch," Konashenkov said, noting that time goes by, the White House leaders change each other, "but the methods of unleashing wars Since the bombing of Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya remain unchanged ".

On the night of Friday, April 7, from the US Navy ships in the Mediterranean Sea, a missile attack was made at the Shayrat airfield in the Syrian province of Homs. According to the SANA agency, by this time, nine dead civilians have been known, among them four children. There are casualties among servicemen. At least seven others were injured during the air strike, and several people were burned, trying to extinguish the fire that arose after the bombing.

Meanwhile, the number of victims can be much larger. The Pentagon announced that it had fired 59 missiles at the airfield in Homs,. However, up to the Syrian air base only 23. The location of the remaining 36 is now being established.

Earlier in the Russian Foreign Ministry said that after the US attacks on the government airbase in Syria, suspends the Memorandum concluded with Washington on interaction in Syria.