Sources announced the landing at the Khmeimim airbase of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers.
At the disposal of the Avia.pro resource were satellite photographs, on which you can see how two, according to sources, strategic Tu-160 bombers, which should be used to launch attacks on terrorists in Idlib and Aleppo.
“Satellite images taken on February 14 show that reports of the arrival of Russian strategic Tu-160 bombers at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria turned out to be true. Two of them can be seen on the runway ”, - the user of the “Status-6” account reports.
#new: Satellite images from the February 14th show that the reports about Tu-160s Blackjack Russian strategic bombers arrival at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria were true. Two of them can be seen on a runway.
photos via @planetlabs pic.twitter.com/jRtIJ1AiDR
- Status-6 (@Archer83Able) February 15, 2020
In the photographs, you can indeed see the silhouettes of two huge aircraft, while, presumably, the spacecraft photographed the moment of landing of two aircraft, and given the fact that the images are dated February 14, it is logical to assume that it is with this fact that the previously appeared information about the transfer to Syria of Russian strategic bombers, as reported by Avia.pro.
Nevertheless, experts call this information false, noting that apparently this is not about the Tu-160 strategic bombers, but about the An-124 military transport aircraft that delivered ammunition and weapons to Syria.
“The quality of satellite images does not allow us to conclude unambiguously that we are talking about bombers. With the same success, it can be military transport aircraft, however, earlier it was really supposed to re-equip the Khmeimim airbase to receive strategic bombers, and therefore, it is still impossible to completely refute these data ", - the expert marks.
It should be clarified that representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense do not comment on data on the possible transfer of the Tu-160 to Syria.