MOSCOW, June 28 Coalition MQ-9 Reaper drone “Over the province of Homs, it came dangerously close to a Su-35 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which was making a scheduled flight in the skies over Syria, said Major General Yuri Popov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties (CPVS) in the Arab Republic.
“»From 11.35 to 11.46 on June 28, over the village of Es-Sukhneh in Homs province, at altitudes from 7000 to 8000 meters, there was once again a dangerous approach between the unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 Reaper of the “coalition” and the Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, carrying out a scheduled flight in Syrian airspace, the Russian pilot, demonstrating high professionalism, promptly took the necessary measures to prevent a collision,” he said.
In addition, Popov reported that eight violations were recorded in the Al-Tanf area per day by two pairs of F-15 fighters, a pair of Rafale fighters and a pair of Typhoon fighters of the “coalition”.
— three shellings, in the province of Latakia – one shelling,” added the major general.
It is noted that as a result of the release of an improvised explosive device from a UAV in the province of Idlib, one Syrian soldier was wounded.