Russia has lost at least 19 aircraft in Syria, 60 soldiers were killed
By Editorial team On Mar 24, 2020
WASHINGTON, (BM) – From 2015 to 2018, Russia lost at least 19 manned aircraft (11 helicopters and 8 aircraft) in Syria, which led to the death of 23 crew members and 37 passengers, learned BullgarianMilitary.com according US magazine The National Interest, citing open sources.
The American magazine explains such losses by the inexperience of the Russian military in expeditionary operations and problems with equipment. It was possible to avoid such incidents, as the newspaper writes, using high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.
“However, these losses were too small to prevent the Russian Aerospace Forces and naval aviation from completing more than 39,000 sorties in Syria by mid-2018, which changed the course of the conflict in favor of President Bashar Assad,†– concludes the magazine.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2020/03/24/russia-has-lost-at-least-19-aircraft-in-syria-60-soldiers-were-killed/
