Saturday, December 19, 2015

Russian President Putin: 'Russia Ready To Expand Its Military Involvement In Syria'

Vladimir Putin and members of Russian Security Council© Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian presidential press service/TASS

The Guardian: Putin says Russia ready to increase military role in Syria

Vladimir Putin’s warning that Moscow will use ‘more military means’ in Syria conflict comes just hours after UN roadmap to peace was agreed

Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia is ready to to scale up its military intervention in Syria, less than a day after Moscow signed off on an ambitious UN plan to end the war.

The peace roadmap lays out a two-year path to elections for a new government, starting with a January ceasefire, and marks the first time America and Russia have reached broad consensus on Syria’s future after years of conflict that has cost more than 250,000 lives and made millions more into refugees.

Update: Putin: Russia ready to use 'more military means' in Syria if need be - agencies (Reuters)

WNU Editor: If the feedback from my family back home is Russia is any indication .... this is not what the people in Russia want to hear.

1 comment:

Sheerah said...

When Americans think of a quagmire, Viet Nam comes to mind.
When Russians think of a quagmire, I'm betting they think of Afghanistan - which was also much more recent for them.
Quagmires are NOT popular in either country!