Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman at a briefing on Tuesday, may 26, said about the alleged presence of 14 Russian military aircraft in Libya.
Earlier, the African command of the US armed forces said that Russia has brought to Libya to help the mercenaries fighting on the side of the Libyan national army (LNA), the MiG-29 and su-24 bombers.
“about the number and types of aircraft. I have no exact data, but we are talking about approximately 14 su-24 and MiG-29. At the moment this is all the information I can share with you”, — quotes the words of Hoffman TASS.
At the same time the official representative of the LNA Ahmed al-Mismari the TV channel Al Arabiya has called reports of a Russian aircraft and combat readiness of the army “strange” and drew the attention of American colleagues to the intervention of Turkey and threw in Libya the mercenaries.
In turn, the state Duma information on the delivery of Russian fighter jets to Libya called the fake and American horror story.
