“I am glad that the Foreign Minister confirmed that they were really informed through the conflict prevention channels.
So I appreciate that he was willing to confirm this.
And we did what we thought was the relevant scope for notification ... It shouldn't shock anyone, but we'll do what we have to for notification, but we'll also do what we have to to protect our forces, ”said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
He added that in this case it was "a matter of ensuring the secrecy of the operation."
As Lavrov said earlier, the Russian military was "warned four or five minutes in advance."
According to him, even if we talk about deconflicting, "nothing gives this kind of notification when the blow is already being struck."
Earlier, the Pentagon confirmed that on the night of February 26, it struck the pro-Iranian militia in Syria by order of US President Joe Biden.
According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the United States launched a strike in Syria, relying on intelligence from the Iraqi side, and is confident in its accuracy.
At the same time, Iraq said that they did not provide US intelligence data before the airstrikes.