Syrian air defense did not engage in battle with the F-16 of Israel at the time of the landing of the Russian Aerospace Forces

"On December 28, from 04:21 to 04:26, two F-16 tactical fighters of the Israeli Air Force from the Mediterranean Sea, without crossing the border, struck with four guided missiles at targets in the port of Latakia," the CPVS said.

As noted by Zhuravlev, as a result of the Israeli strike, minor material damage was inflicted on the port infrastructure.

“The Syrian air defense forces did not engage in anti-aircraft combat, since at the time of the strike, the aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which was approaching to land at the Khmeimim airfield, was in the affected area of ​​the anti-aircraft systems.

There are no casualties among the servicemen of the SAR Armed Forces, ”he noted.