the Russian helicopter pilots carried out air patrols in the area of the Turkish operation “Source of peace” in the province of hasakah in Syria. According to the commander of crew of the Mi-35, and they track to avoid accumulation of individual pickups, cars, illegal formations, as well as watching the procedure on the highway M-4, on the Syrian-Turkish border.
it is Noted that the patrol is a pair of helicopters. The main task of the military transport Mi-8, it covers shock Mi-35. The patrol is at a height of 50 meters. The flight lasts two hours, after that the sky is filled with other helicopters. “In this area almost all clean, no damage, craters, traces of the use of aircraft armament”, – TASS quoted the commander.
According to the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria a day earlier was carried out one air patrols along the route from the airport in Latakia. Also held regular joint Russian-Turkish patrol on the same route in the province of Aleppo, and a military police unit of the Russian Federation passed on three routes in the provinces of Aleppo and hasakah.