An-26 aircraft of the military transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force, which performed the flight in the interests of supplying the Russian group of troops in Syria, was forced to evade a clash with two American drums in the air in the north of the Arab Republic. This was announced to reporters by the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Major General Oleg Egorov.
“The so-called international anti-terrorist coalition, headed by the United States, continues to carry out illegal flights of unmanned aerial vehicles in shock equipment in the airspace of the Syrian Arab Republic. On October 3 at 07:25 Moscow time, the An-26 Military Transport Aviation Air Force, which performed the flight in the interests supply of divisions of the Russian group, was forced to evade a clash with American unmanned aerial vehicles MQ-9 and MQ-1, following the route of its movement in the north of Syria, ”said Egorov.