Russian Defense Ministry published data on the incident with the Il-20 in Syria, declaring the guilt of Israel

23 September 2018, 15:18 | Policy
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On Sunday, September 23, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published detailed data on the incident near the Syrian Latakia a week ago. The RF Ministry of Defense accused the IDF of "unprofessionalism or criminal negligence", which led to the death of the Il-20 and 15 Russian servicemen, newsru reports.. co. il.

This publication was announced on Saturday. Then the RF Ministry of Defense promised to present a perpetual chronology of the tragedy with objective data of radar systems for displaying information about the air situation in Syria on September 17 and the actions of Israeli aviation in the area of ??the plane crash.

Earlier in Moscow visited a delegation of Israeli military, led by Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin. They handed over their data to the Russian colleagues on the death of the Il-20, as well as information on Iran's attempts to strengthen its position in Syria and supply Hezbollah with strategic weapons,. As reported by Russian media, the Israeli side presented a 40-page report detailing the events that took place in the area of ??Syrian Latakia on the evening of September 17.

Data published on 23. 09. 2018 Ministry of Defense of Russia The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Major-General Igor Konashenkov said that the Israeli Defense Ministry warned his Russian colleagues about the intention to attack targets "in the north of Syria", but did not warn about the intention to attack targets in the area of ??Latakia.

The Russian Defense Ministry states that the warning was received at 21:39, and at 21:40 four Israeli F-16s already attacked targets on the eastern outskirts of Latakia, using controlled GBU-39 bombs.

According to him, after the warning was received, the commander of the Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was ordered to "withdraw" from the possible zone of the Israeli attack, but in fact was misinformed.

Konashenkov showed a map of the actions of Russian and Israeli military aircraft in the area of ??Latakia on September 17, 2018. He said that the Syrian air defense began to counterattack Israeli planes at 21:51.

The Russian general claims that at 21:59 one of the Israeli planes began maneuver, drawing close to the IL-20, which came in for landing in Latakia. Thus, he said, the Israeli pilot provoked the Syrian air defense, which considered this maneuver a new attack.

"The Israeli pilot could not help but understand that the effective reflecting surface of the IL-20 aircraft is much larger than the similar surface of the F-16 and it is the Russian aircraft that will be the preferred target for the anti-aircraft missile. The Israelis also knew that the Russian and Syrian armed forces used different systems of "their own" and "alien" identification and the Syrian radar stations could identify the Il-20 as a group target of Israeli fighters, "said the representative of the Defense Ministry of Russia.

At 22:03, according to Konashenkov, the C-200 missile of Syrian air defense struck a Russian Il-20, at 22:07 it disappeared from the radar.

Igor Konashenkov said that only at 22:40 Israeli F-16 fighters left the combat zone west of Latakia, 11 minutes after the Russian side informed the Israelis that the IL-20 had suffered a disaster near Latakia (this contradicts the statements of the IDF , according to which during the "chaotic" shelling of Syrian air defense aircraft participating in the operation were already in Israeli airspace).

Konashenkov again laid the responsibility for the death of the IL-20 on the Israelis, accusing the pilots of the IDF Air Force in "unprofessionalism or criminal negligence".

The representative of the Russian Defense Ministry also noted that since 2015 the Russian military warned Israel more than 300 times about the actions of its aviation in Syria, while the IDF only 25 times notified the Russian command about the operations of the Israeli Air Force ("just before the blows").

Igor Konashenkov assured his speech with the words: "The hostile actions of the Israeli Air Force, committed against the Russian Il-20, go beyond the civilized construction of relations. The objective data of the events of September 17, presented to you today, indicate that the military leadership of Israel either does not appreciate the level of relations with Russia, or does not control individual commands and commanders who understood that their actions lead to the tragedy of ".

Israel's version on September 18 confirmed that on the evening of September 17, a group of Israeli F-16 fighters conducted an operation near the coast of Syria, attacking an object on the eastern outskirts of Latakia, where military equipment was located for Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian armed formations. As a result of air strikes, which were applied "two waves" at about 10 pm, the object was destroyed, which is confirmed by the data of the Israeli satellite and the Syrian side.

Having successfully completed the assigned combat mission, the IDF air force flew to the airfield of basing. The Syrian air defenses opened an indiscriminate fire that lasted about 40 minutes in three main directions - southward towards Lebanon, eastward into Syria, and westward towards the sea. At the same time, dozens of missiles were launched by the Syrians, including the S-200 SAM. When the Israeli planes were already in the airspace of Israel, one of the Syrian S-200 missiles got into a Russian reconnaissance aircraft Il-20, which fell to the sea a few dozen kilometers west of Banyas, killing 15 Russian servicemen.

Incident Report 17. 09. 2018, handed over by the Israeli command to the Russian side, rejects the direct or indirect guilt of Israeli pilots in the death of the Russian Il-20. Israel places responsibility on the Bashar Assad regime, in particular the command of the Syrian air defense. In addition, Israel states that the Assad regime acts in the interests of Tehran, helping the Iranian military to strengthen its positions in Syria and arm "Hezbollah".

In many publications of the Israeli media, the apparent inconsistency between the actions of Russian and Syrian military in Syria.

A well-known Israeli military correspondent Ron Ben-Yishai said in a series of interviews that Russia, accusing Israel of destroying the plane, is trying in this way to divert attention from its own erroneous orders that led to the death of the IL-20. According to Ben-Isha, the Israelis warned their Russian colleagues about the air strike on the armory in Latakia not for a minute, as the Russians say, but in a few minutes. Ben-Yishai claims that the IL-20 at the time of the Israeli air strike was east of Latakia, and not in the area of ??the Israeli Air Force. Only after the IDF planes bombed the target, the IL-20 moved west of Latakia. According to the journalist, the command sent the aircraft to the area of ??the French frigate Auvergne, because it suspected that it was from him that the attack was made.

Let us also note the statement of Israel's Minister of Transport and Intelligence Israel Kats that Putin for a long time refused to answer the phone calls of Assad.




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