“It was very difficult.
There were many unclear points.
Well, I want to say that in this work there were many other structures that were also responsible.
All this was consolidated in one place, but this work was carried out by the federal security service, and other structures, and our partners, Syrian partners and colleagues, "he said on the air of" Russia 1 ".
He noted that the circle of people involved in the operation was extremely narrow.
“We had no right for a mistake, not that for a mistake, but for the slightest failure,” RIA Novosti quotes Kostyukov.
As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier, the organization of Putin's visit to Damascus could be taken as a basis for a textbook or filming "a thriller worse than Hollywood."
On January 7, 2020, Putin arrived in Damascus and met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
He also visited the command post of the Russian Armed Forces group in the Syrian Arab Republic and drove through the streets of Damascus.
The safety of Putin's arrival in Syria was ensured by Su planes.