Strana 21
faces terrifying attacks daily. Russian drone
operators engage in what they themselves
describe as "human safari"—targeting
individual civilians, civilian vehicles, and
public transport with drones, boasting about it
afterward. Amid this brutal routine, one attack
stood out even more: just before Christmas,
Russian airstrikes hit an oncology clinic—and
then bragged about it.
A Ukrainian Connection in Syria?
Finally, a brief mention of an event that is
only indirectly related to the war in Ukraine.
In Syria, after 13 years, the bloody civil war has
come to an end. As recently as mid-November,
there was no indication of an imminent
conclusion. However, in just 12 days of offensive
operations, the rebel coalition known as CMO
seized Damascus, the capital, on the night of
Saturday, December 7, to Sunday, December
8—virtually without a fight. The Syrian
government army collapsed along with the
regime it was meant to protect. Why mention
this in connection with Ukraine? Aside from
Iran, Bashar al-Assad’s regime was primarily
supported by Russia, which had deployed both
troops and air forces to Syria. However, after
the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia had to
weaken its Syrian military presence. Rumors
suggest that Ukraine aided the CMO rebels by
supplying them with FPV drones, along with
a small number of operators (reportedly
around 20). At the beginning of the offensive,
these drones targeted and eliminated key
Syrian government army personnel and
objectives. As for Assad, the fallen Syrian
dictator has fled to Russia, where he and his
family have been granted asylum.
The aftermath of a massive Russian attack on Ukrainian cities during Christmas.
The disabling of Russian projectiles that missed their targets.
Ukrainian bomb disposal specialists recovered
a Russian drone that had been trapped in a tree.
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