Russia to give Syria S-300 after plane incident

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russia will supply Syria with a modern S-300 system within two weeks and block the communication of planes bombing the country from the Mediterranean.

According to the reports, the announcement on Monday came a week after Russia charged the illegal Zionist with the Zionist entity for the downing of a Russian military plane in Syria, which killed 15 service members.

The downing has forced Moscow to take "adequate retaliatory measures to increase the safety of Russian military fighting international terrorism in Syria," Shoigu said in a televised address.

"A modern S-300 air defense missile system will be transferred to the Syrian armed forces within two weeks," he said, adding the system will significantly increase the Syrian army's combat capabilities.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin said the downing of the Russian plane in Syria will harm relations with Israel, reiterating that Israeli pilots had acted deliberately.

"According to information of our military experts, the reason (behind the downing) were premeditated actions by Israeli regime pilots which certainly cannot but harm our relations," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. 

The Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft disappeared from radars on September 17 as four Israeli F-16 warplanes were attacking state institutions in Syria’s Latakia Province, which is home to the Russia-run Hmeimim airbase.

SS