They became known causes of sending Russian reconnaissance aircraft to Syria.

According to preliminary information, the Russian spy plane Tu-214R was sent to the Syrian sky for a kind of test of all systems in a real war situation. During the tests carried out, the TU-214R could successfully detect all targets, which in turn has provided more opportunities for the actions of the Russian and Syrian troops in the country.

Experts believe that due to the successfully completed the trial production Tu-214R may be serial, thus, it is possible that an aircraft of this model can be further modified to improve the efficiency of its application, however, at the moment, official confirmation of this no.