The British Parliament raised the issue of Russia's use of "Syrian tactics" in Ukraine

“Question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development.

How does she assess the credibility of reports that Syria was used as a testing ground for Russian tactics that are now being used in Ukraine?”

Brown asked.

The answer to this question of a colleague was provided by the British Minister for Europe, James Cleverley.

Thus, in his opinion, Russia is responsible for the alleged "violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law" in Syria and Ukraine.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported that the United States is recruiting militants from Syria, including terrorists of the banned Islamic State *, to participate in the battles in Ukraine.

According to Russian intelligence, militants loyal to the United States are being trained at the American base at Al-Tanf in Syria for deployment to Ukraine.

It is noted that in this "terrorist hub" retraining of up to 500 IS militants loyal to the United States and other jihadists is carried out at the same time.

According to the SVR, “special detachments formed from jihadists are aimed mainly at carrying out sabotage and terrorist actions against units of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, and now also in Ukraine.”

Recall that the operation in Syria began on September 30, 2015, when the Russian Aerospace Forces, at the request of the legitimate government of the SAR, began to carry out air strikes on the positions of the Islamic State.

In March 2016, Vladimir Putin decided to begin the withdrawal of most of the Russian grouping from the Arab Republic in connection with the successful completion of the assigned tasks.

According to the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, all strikes in the SAR against terrorists were carried out only after multiple verification of the data and coordination of actions to eliminate the risk to civilians.

* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the