Will send to war to Ukraine: Russia derives from Syria the C-300 air defense system and part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,-NYT

About it reports the newspaper The New York Times with reference to sources. High -ranking officials from the Israeli Ministry of Defense said that the Russian Federation could remove two battalions, or from 1,200 to 1600 Russian military. According to other sources, this figure is much larger.

The Israeli official also reported that several Russian commanders had been relocated from Syria to Ukraine, and the Russian military leadership in Moscow was reduced in the daily management of operations in Syria, in particular in military coordination with Israel. In 2018, Russia transferred to Syria a complex C-300 air defense system. Iran's enemy and Syria regularly strikes Syrian purposes to prevent Tehran from fixing the bridgehead near the Northeast border of Israel.

And after the C-300 transfer, the risk of Israeli pilots increased during these raids. Although the control of the system has not been transferred to the Syrian government, Israel was afraid that S-300 SPRs could use against Israeli aircraft. As a result, he rejected the requests of the Ukrainian authorities for military assistance from the moment of invasion of the Russian Federation. According to three officials, Russia has removed the S-300 system from Syria to send to the war to Ukraine.

Yes, Moscow's influence on Israel in Syria is decreasing, and Jerusalem's views on Ukraine are changing. The growth of military support from Iran Russia, combined with the increase in the number of Russian blows in the Ukrainian civilian population, has already caused a debate in Israel in recent days about whether it should supply weapons to Ukraine.

The high -ranking representative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense said that Jerusalem would not pass to Kiev, as the Russian Federation will continue to maintain military presence in Syria. There will be a C-400 air defense system, as well as large military and naval bases in the western Syria. Although Moscow brought out some of the troops, they will be replaced by military police officers.

In addition, Israel is afraid that further reduction of Russian troops in Syria can allow Iran to expand its influence. Israel also does not want to lose contact between Israeli and Russian forces to avoid conflicts. In 2017, an encrypted telephone line was installed to connect the Russian air base in the west of Syria with the Israeli Air Force Command Center under Tel Aviv military base. This allows the parties to prevent incidents.

For example, in 2018, Syrian forces knocked down a Russian military aircraft. He was probably accepted for Israeli, resulting in killed 15 Russians. However, there are signs that Israel provides more assistance to Ukraine than in the first months of the war. At that time, the help was predominantly humanitarian, including the field hospital.

According to high -ranking Ukrainian and Israeli officials, Israel provides Ukraine with basic information about Iranian drones, and proposed to study the remains of drones that crashed in Ukraine. We will remind, on October 19 the media reported that Ukraine sent Israel to receive six different air defense systems. Kyiv wants to initiate cooperation with Israel in the field of air and missing defense to protect the civilian population.