Ukraine Trained Terrorists Operate in Syria
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December 2, 2024 Hour: 10:04 am
Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine-backed groups have repeatedly attacked Russian troops in Syria.
On Sunday, the Kyiv Post published a report showing that Ukraine’s General Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) special forces group “Khimik” trained terrorist groups operating in Idlib, a province located in northwestern Syria.
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Among these groups is the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), whose training that included tactics developed during the Ukrainian war and the use of combat drones. The HUR is an agency under the Defense Ministry and its actions are directly authorized by the Office of the President Vodolymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine has deployed members of its special forces to Syria to fight against Russian military personnel in the Arab country, thereby opening a new front in the Kyiv-Moscow war.
Since the beginning of this year, terrorist groups supported by Ukrainian fighters have repeatedly attacked Russian military installations and troops in Syria, which are present in the country to assist in combating terrorism at the request of President Bashar al-Assad.
The Kyiv Post report shows that the Khimik group attacked a Russian military base on September 15 in the southeastern outskirts of Aleppo, where a workshop for manufacturing Russian combat drones and improvised explosive devices was located. Earlier, at the end of July, Khimik launched another attack against Russian military equipment at the Kuweires airfield, east of Aleppo.
Ukraine has compensated for its defeats to Moscow in the ongoing conflict by providing military support to terrorist groups in Syria in exchange for receiving mercenaries to aid in its battles with Russia.
On November 27, the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham—Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria—launched a lightning offensive against Aleppo and the surrounding countryside in Idlib before attempting to advance into Hama province.
Currently, the Syrian Arab Army is carrying out a massive counteroffensive that has killed hundreds of terrorists over the past four days and forced them to retreat from many strategic areas.
teleSUR/ JF Source: HispanTV