US, Britain and France attack Syria. Russia responds： It will not sit idly by.
CCTV News:Regarding the precise military strike against Syria by the United States, Britain and France, Zhang Yuyao, a reporter from CCTV’s Asia-Europe Central Station, reported that just after the United States announced a military strike against Syria, Russian Duma officials responded that Russia expressed strong opposition to this military strike. This behavior not only violated international norms, but also was a naked violation of a sovereign country. Moreover, the behavior of the United States threatens Russia’s security, and Russia, as a nuclear power, will not sit idly by.
According to Russian media reports, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has sounded an air defense combat alarm on April 10, and the Russian armed forces stationed in Syria are currently in a state of readiness. However, the Russian military has not yet made any formal response to the military strikes by the United States, Britain and France. The United States also said that it did not inform Russia before the military action. The Russian Embassy in Syria said that it has not received any news of Russian citizens’ casualties in the military strikes.
Russian Black Sea Fleet
Russia announces evidence to reveal the truth of "chemical weapons attack"
On the 13th, the Russian Ministry of Defence held an interim press conference in Moscow to explain the so-called "chemical weapons attack" that happened in Duma town in Dongguta region of Syria a few days ago. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said that Russia has sufficient evidence to prove that the so-called "chemical weapons attack" in Duma on April 7 was a planned provocation, with the purpose of misleading the international community and prompting the United States to launch a missile strike against Syria. Konashenkov accused Britain of being directly involved in organizing the so-called "chemical attack" on the 7th of this month. Under the great pressure of the British government, the "White Helmets" organized the operation.
Russian representative calls on the United States, Britain and France not to act rashly
On 13th, Nie Bianjia, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that everything the United States and other western countries did was to overthrow the Syrian Assad government and contain Russia. Russia calls on the United States, Britain and France not to push the world situation to the brink of danger. Nie Bianjia also said that the painful experience before Iraq and Libya fully demonstrated the arrogance and recklessness of the United States and other western countries, and all kinds of actions of the United States simply did not deserve the status of the United States as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
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Russian media said that Russian warships left the port of Syracuse.
According to Sputnik news agency & radio, satellite images show that most Russian warships at Tartus naval base have left the port and deployed at sea. In response, the Russian Interfax news agency reported on the 12th that the Russian State Duma, that is, the chairman of the National Defense Committee of the lower house of parliament, Shamanov, said that the Russian warships left the port of Tartus "for security reasons".
On the 11th, the Russian military said that it was paying close attention to the progress of the situation in Syria and noticed the movement of the US Navy’s strike force to the Persian Gulf. Russia has previously warned that if the United States air strikes Syria, Russia will respond to the missiles and launch sources that endanger the lives of Russian military personnel in Syria with "retaliatory measures."