The Russian military has been moving artillery and ground forces towards Hama, — one of the locations that the Russians targeted in the first 24 hours of their airstrikes, a senior defense official has told NBC News that.
“So much for fighting ISIS,” the defense official said.
U.S. officials have questioned whether Moscow’s airstrikes — in the name of defeating ISIS — were genuinely targeting the group or were instead a cover to shore up Bashar Assad by bombing anti-government rebel groups
The U.S. official also said that after Russian aircraft breached Turkish airspace by roughly 20 miles, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov contacted the Turkish government to apologize and acknowledge that it was a mistake.