There is more evidence that Russian forces are not pulling out of Syria, but instead, more troops are arriving there, a new video from Russian television Saturday apparently shows. 
The video shows a convoy of Russian troops headed to Palmyra to begin mine clearance operations after ISIS was routed from there earlier this week.
Col. Steve Warren, a US-led coalition spokesman in Iraq, could not confirm that Russian “sappers” or engineers had arrived in Syria when asked at a Pentagon press conference Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in March that his main forces would begin withdrawing from Syria.  Pentagon officials now say otherwise.
The outgoing U.S. commander of NATO forces in Europe recently said Russian troops and equipment remain.
Despite sending less than half of its jet fighters back to Russia, there are now more Russian attack helicopters in Syria than at any time since the air campaign to shore up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in late September.
The Pentagon has not seen Russian aircraft fly from Syria to Russia since March 19, one official tells Fox News.
More than 20 fixed-wing fighter-bomber aircraft remain in Syria in addition to more than a dozen attack helicopters including the newest gunship in Russia’s arsenal, the Mi-28N “Havoc.”
US officials believe the deployment of Russian military forces to Syria is not short term.
“The Russians installed underground fuel tanks in their airbase in Latakia. This was not a temporary move, but a permanent one,” a defense official told Fox News. 
Russia has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians and destroying hospitals inside Syria.  US officials say Russia has conducted a majority of its airstrikes using unguided or dumb bombs, far less precise than the satellite-guided weapons used by the US military.
Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel.

Source: Fox News, April 3