NATO commander: Russia’s Syria deployment aimed to take eyes off Ukraine

RFE/RL covers top NATO commander U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove’s statements on Russia’s invasion of Syria. Russia invaded Syria to distract the world from its invasion of Ukraine, just as Moscow invaded Donbas to distract the world from its invasion of Crimea, Breedlove said. The Kremlin has not pulled its troops out of Ukraine, and it is continuing to violate the ceasefire, Breedlove points out.

 

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