Russian military says drone shot down over base in Syria
‘Small-size unidentified airborne target’ knocked down while approaching Hmeimim air base, Russian media reports
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Russian air defense shot down at least one drone near its Hmeimim air base in Syria on Monday, Russian Sputnik news site reported.
According to the report there were no casualties and no damage to the base.
The Russian military described the projectile as an “unknown drone,” according to the Kremlin-linked news site.
“On May 21… the airspace monitoring facilities at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase detected a small-size unidentified airborne target approaching the base,” Sputnik cited a spokesperson for the military as saying. “The target was destroyed by air defenses deployed at the base.”
Four explosions were reported, according to Sputnik.
In late April, Russia said it shot down two armed drones near the base. It said the drones had been launched by a militant group.
Moscow has two bases in Syria and began conducting airstrikes there in September 2015. Its intervention has swung the nearly seven-year conflict firmly in favor of its ally in Damascus.
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