Friday, October 2, 2015

RT EKSKLUSIF: Pertama kali melihat di pangkalan udara Rusia di Latakia, tengah operasi anti-ISIS (VIDEO) . . .



hafizinAlif Berlepas pesawat tentera, keselamatan yang tinggi dan berjaga-jaga yang berterusan sebagai pengganas hanya 40 km dari anda - RT Murad Gazdiev semata-mata telah melawat pangkalan udara Rusia di bandar Syria Latakia dari mana jet Sukhoi telah berlepas untuk menyasarkan kedudukan Negara Islam (IS).


RT EXCLUSIVE: First look at Russian airbase in Latakia, centerpiece of anti-ISIS operations (VIDEO) . . .

Departing military planes, high security and constant alert as terrorists are only 40 km from you - RT's Murad Gazdiev has exclusively visited Russian airbase in the Syrian city of Latakia from where Sukhoi jets have been taking off to target Islamic State positions.

CAMP latihan Pengganas & HQ pusat arahan dihapuskan dalam rakaman pertempuran MoD dibebaskan Rusia (VIDEO) . . .



hafizinAlif Kementerian Rusia Pertahanan telah mengeluarkan rakaman pertempuran baru menunjukkan yang menarik daripada sasaran pengganas di Syria, termasuk pusat arahan Negara Islam (IS) dan kem latihan. Tentera Udara terus melibatkan sasaran musuh untuk persembahan hari yg ke-2.

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Kementerian mengumumkan bahawa sepanjang kempen udara hari ke-2, Su-24M dan jet Su-25 menjalankan 8 penerbangan dari asas Hmeimim di wilayah Latakia di pantai Mediterranean, mensasarkan 5 sasaran Negara Islam (IS).

Berdasarkan risikan yang dikumpul daripada pelbagai sumber, termasuk "ruang dan Drone peninjau," kata kementerian mengesahkan "kemusnahan" sasaran pengganas di Wilayah Idlib oleh Su-24 M jet. Salah satu sasaran adalah arahan post Negara Islam. Yang lain adalah kem latihan pengganas.

Salah satu video yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pertahanan menunjukkan pesawat Rusia menghapus kem latihan. Menurut kenyataan itu, jet pejuang berjaya pembedahan menyerang sebuah gudang peluru yang membawa kepada letupan lanjut dan penghapusan kem itu, dan juga beberapa "kelengkapan ketenteraan" yang disimpan di laman ini.

Kementerian itu juga melaporkan bahawa juruterbang Rusia "dihalang" pejuang Negara Islam (IS) dari mengembalikan salah satu pos kawalan di Wilayah Hama yang telah dilanggar oleh jet Rusia pada Rabu.

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Untuk menghentikan aktiviti ISIS lagi pada objek yang berhampiran kampung Al-Latamna, jet Federation menjalankan serangan tambahan, yang membawa kepada kemusnahan sasaran. Kementerian itu mengeluarkan rakaman operasi, menunjukkan serangan yang dijalankan oleh jet pejuang Su-24M.

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Terdahulu hari ini, tentera Rusia juga mengeluarkan rakaman serangan udara semalaman di 4 kemudahan pengganas, termasuk depot peluru berhampiran Idlib, yang HQ 3 tahap berhampiran Hamah, dan sebuah kilang kereta-bom dilaporkan di utara Homs.

Arahan Rusia juga mengumumkan bahawa Su-34 pengebom juga telah kembali dari misi pertempuran mereka kembali ke pangkalan udara Hmeimim itu. Keputusan misi pertempuran itu, kementerian itu berkata, akan disediakan selepas pemprosesan data perisikan baru.


Terrorist training CAMP & Command HQ annihilated in Russian MoD-released combat footage (VIDEO) . . .

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released new combat footage showing the striking of terrorist targets in Syria, including an Islamic State command center and a training camp. The Air Force continues to engage hostile targets for the second day straight.


The Ministry announced that throughout the second day of the air campaign, Su-24M and Su-25 jets conducted eight flights from the Hmeimim base in Latakia province on the Mediterranean coast, targeting five Islamic State targets.

Based on intelligence gathered from a variety of sources, including “space and drone reconnaissance,” the ministry confirmed the “total destruction” of terrorist targets in Idlib Province by Su-24 M jets. One of the targets was an Islamic State command post. The other was a terrorist training camp.

One of the videos released by the Defense Ministry shows Russian planes striking the training camp. According to the statement, the fighter jets managed to surgically strike an ammunition warehouse that led to further explosions and the elimination of the camp, as well as some “military hardware” being kept at the site.

The ministry also reported that Russian pilots “prevented” the Islamic State fighters from restoring one of its command posts in Hama Province which had been struck by Russian jets on Wednesday.


To stop further ISIS activity on the object near Al-Latamna village, Russian jets conducted an additional strike, which led to the destruction of the target. The ministry released footage of the operation, showing the strike carried out by the Su-24M fighter jet.


Earlier in the day, Russian military also released footage of the overnight air raids on four terrorist facilities, including an ammunition depot near Idlib, a three-level HQ near Hamah, and a reported car-bomb plant in the north of Homs.

The Russian command also announced that Su-34 bombers have also returned from their combat mission back to the Hmeimim airbase. The results of the combat mission, the ministry says, will be made available after processing new intelligence data.

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Pesawat pejuang Sukhoi yang digunakan oleh Rusia 
di Syria anti-keganasan OP . . .

Kementerian Pertahanan telah mendedahkan bahawa daya penerbangan Rusia di Syria adalah semata-mata terdiri daripada pesawat pejuang Sukhoi, termasuk canggih Su-34, cuba dan diuji Su-25 dan Su-24M menarik sasaran Negara Islam di negara ini.

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Sukhoi warplanes used by Russia in Syria anti-terror OP

The Ministry of Defense has revealed that Russia’s aviation force in Syria is exclusively composed of Sukhoi warplanes, including the cutting-edge Su-34, tried-and-tested Su-25 and the Su-24M striking Islamic State targets in the country.


Sukhoi Su-34 (Fullback)


Su-34 © Maksim Blinov/RIA Novosti

Su-34 adalah pejuang serangan dan pesawat yang paling moden untuk mengambil bahagian dalam operasi Rusia menentang Negara Islam di Syria.

Perkembangannya bermula pada pertengahan '80s sebagai pengganti Su-24, dengan tentera negara itu menerima kumpulan pertama pesawat pejuang baru pada tahun 2006.

Jet ini direka untuk penembusan supersonik musuh ruang udara di peringkat sudur dalam cuaca dan pertempuran keadaan yang paling buruk.

Kedua-dua juruterbang kadang-kadang serang pejuang dirujuk sebagai 'tank terbang' disebabkan oleh kokpit dan kebuntuan berkesan perisai senjata, yang membolehkannya untuk terus hidup bukan sahaja serpihan peluru berpandu, walaupun terus dari senjata berkaliber kecil.

The Su-34 is a strike fighter and the most modern aircraft to take part in Russia’s operation against Islamic State in Syria. 

Its development began in the mid-’80s as a replacement for the Su-24, with the country’s military receiving the first batch of new warplanes in 2006. 

The jet is designed for the supersonic penetration of enemy airspace at treetop level in the most severe weather and battle conditions. 

The two-pilot strike fighter is sometimes referred to as ‘a flying tank’ due to an armored cockpit and efficient standoff weapons, which enable it to survive not only missile fragments, but even direct hits from small caliber arms.

Sukhoi Su-24M (Fencer)


Su-24m bomber © Igor Zarembo/RIA Novosti

Su-24 adalah pengebom taktikal bertujuan untuk terbang di bawah radar dan memukul sasaran tanah dari ketinggian yang rendah. Tentera mahu kapal terbang untuk mempunyai pendek berlepas dan keupayaan pendaratan untuk supaya ia boleh digunakan di lapangan terbang udara kecil.

Prototaip awal mempunyai 4 enjin turbojet yang dilengkapi 2 enjin utama semasa berlepas. Skim ini, bagaimanapun, yang terbukti sangat cekap, jadi bukannya pereka memberikannya sayap ubah sapu.

Pesawat pertama memasuki perkhidmatan pada awal tahun 1970-an. Satu dekad kemudian varian yang lebih baik yang dikenali sebagai Su-24M dengan radar yang berbeza dan peralatan mensasarkan diperlukan untuk senjata yang lebih tepat diperkenalkan. Model ini merupakan tulang belakang kepada pengebom taktikal Rusia. Sukhoi terus menaik taraf pesawat.

Su-25 adalah satu lagi kuda kerja Tentera Udara Rusia, yang diperkenalkan pada awal 1980-an. Jet ini telah direka untuk sokongan udara dekat - iaitu, untuk terus membantu tentera darat melibatkan diri musuh.

Fasa-fasa akhir perbicaraan mereka ialah misi pertempuran sebenar di Afghanistan. Ini 'tembakan pembaptisan’  terbukti amat berguna, kerana maklum balas daripada tentera telah digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemandirian pesawat, yang sudah sangat tinggi seperti yang ditentukan oleh tujuannya. Apabila reka bentuk telah dimuktamadkan, Su-25 mempunyai 7 tahun pengeluaran bersiri di belakangnya.

Sebuah varian pesawat dipanggil Su-25UT telah dibuat untuk tentera laut Rusia. Satu lagi, Su-25T, adalah tank-pembunuh. Armada semasa kira-kira 200 Su-25s sedang menjalani menaik taraf kepada pengubahsuaian yang paling maju Su-25SM.

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The Su-24 is a tactical bomber meant to fly below the radar and hit ground targets from low altitudes. The military wanted the plane to have short take-off and landing capabilities to so that it could be used on small airfields.

An early prototype had four turbojet engines that complemented two main engines during take-off. The scheme, however, proved to be very inefficient, so instead designers gave it variable-sweep wings.

The plane first entered service in the early 1970s. A decade later a better variant called Su-24M with a different radar and targeting equipment needed for more precise weapons was introduced. This model is the backbone of Russia’s tactical bomber. Sukhoi continues upgrading the aircraft.

Su-25 is another Russian Air Force work horse, introduced in early 1980s. The jet was designed for close air support – that is, to directly help ground forces engage the enemy.

The final phases of its trials included real combat missions in Afghanistan. This ‘baptism by fire’ proved quite useful, as feedback from the military was used to increase the plane’s survivability, which was already very high as dictated by its purpose. By the time the design was finalized, Su-25 had seven years of serial production behind it.

A variant of the plane called Su-25UT was made for the Russian navy. Another one, Su-25T, is a tank-killer. The current fleet of about 200 Su-25s is undergoing an upgrade to the most advanced modification Su-25SM.

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TENTERA Udara Rusia di Syria mengerahkan lebih 50 pesawat & helikopter - Kementerian Pertahanan . . .



hafizinAlif Armada Tentera Udara Rusia di Syria termasuk lebih 50 pesawat pejuang dan helikopter, jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan berkata, melaporkan 8 ‘sorties’ dalam sekelip mata.

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Sebelum ini Rusia telah tidak mendedahkan apa-apa butiran kontinjen di Syria, yang bermula kempen udara pada hari Rabu untuk membantu melawan Tentera Syria terhadap tentera pengganas.

"Kumpulan udara telah dikerahkan dalam masa yang singkat. Ia adalah mungkin kerana kita mempunyai sebahagian besar perlengkapan dan peluru bersedia di depot kami di Tartus. Kami hanya terpaksa pindahkan pesawat kami dan menyampaikan beberapa peralatan tambahan, "jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia Igor Konashenkov kepada media.

Armada termasuk yang terbaru Su-24M dan Su-25 serangan darat pesawat, katanya.

Serangan udara pada malam Rabu disasarkan 4 kemudahan Negara Islam, kata Konashenkov.

" HQ pengganas dan depot peluru musnah berhampiran Idlib, sama seperti yang berkubu 3 peringkat pusat arahan berhampiran Hama," katanya. "Sebuah bom terus melanda juga benar-benar memusnahkan sebuah bengkel utara Homs yang menghasilkan bahan letupan dan peluru," katanya, dengan mengatakan bahawa di bengkel ini pengganas pemadat kenderaan dengan bahan letupan. Kenderaan mereka kemudiannya digunakan untuk melancarkan serangan keganasan.

‘Sorties’ malam meningkatkan bilangan sasaran dilanda Rusia di Syria dalam tempoh 24 jam pertama operasi hingga 12.

"Semua serangan udara sedang dijalankan dengan kerjasama arahan Tentera Syria. Kementerian Pertahanan Syria telah menggerakkan kumpulan Koperasi di Hmaimim pangkalan udara, "kata pegawai Rusia, merujuk kepada lapangan terbang terdekat berhampiran Basel al-Assad lapangan terbang antarabangsa selatan Latakia, di mana adalah berdasarkan kuasa-kuasa Rusia.


Russian Air Force in Syria deploying over 50 planes 
& choppers - Defense Ministry . . .

Russia’s Air Force fleet in Syria includes over 50 warplanes and helicopters, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said, reporting eight overnight sorties.


Previously Russia hadn’t revealed any detail of its contingent in Syria, which started an aerial campaign on Wednesday to help the Syrian Army fight against terrorist troops.

“The air group was deployed on very short notice. It was possible because we had most of the materiel and ammunition ready at our depot in Tartus. We only had to move our aircraft and deliver some extra equipment,” spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov told the media.

The fleet includes the latest Su-24M and Su-25 ground attack planes, he said.

The airstrikes on Wednesday night targeted four Islamic State facilities, Konashenkov said.

“A terrorist HQ and an ammunition depot were destroyed near Idlib, as were a fortified three-level command center near Hama,” he said. “A direct bomb hit also completely destroyed a workshop north of Homs that produced explosives and ammunition,” he added, saying that at this workshop terrorists were stuffing vehicles with explosives. Those vehicles were then used to conduct terror attacks.

The night sorties raise the number of targets hit by Russia in Syria in the first 24 hours of the operation to 12.

“All the airstrikes are being conducted in coordination with the Syrian Army command. The Syrian Defense Ministry has deployed an operative group at the Hmaimim air base,” the Russian official said, referring to the airfield near near Basel al-Assad international airport south of Latakia, where the Russian forces are based.

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PEPERANGAN Maklumat? Rusia kini dituduh Membunuh Orang Awam di SYRIA . . .


hafizinAlif Ia tidak mengambil masa yang lama, selepas Rusia memulakan kempen pengeboman anti-pengganas, bagi media sosial yang akan dibanjiri dengan 'bukti' korban awam. Dakwaan itu mudah berulang kali oleh media arus perdana Barat.

Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia melaporkan bahawa ia dijalankan 20 sorties pada hari pertama operasi Syria dan mengebom 8 sasaran di Syria, termasuk senjata dan depot bahan api dan pusat-pusat perintah Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) kumpulan. Semua sasaran jauh dari kawasan bandar, kementerian tertekan.

Hampir pada masa yang sama, laporan mula permukaan di media sosial mendakwa Rusia tidak menyerang pengganas. Sebaliknya, ia mendakwa pesawat perang Rusia menyerang kawasan perumahan, membunuh berpuluh-puluh orang awam. Yang lain berkata: tidak ada IS kehadiran di kawasan serangan dan jawatan-jawatan ini sebenarnya dipegang oleh "pemberontak sederhana."

Cerita nampaknya dipasang terlalu baik ke dalam biasa 'Rusia adalah penjahat' naratif untuk media Barat untuk lulus oleh. Wartawan bertanya kepada Setiausaha Pertahanan Ash Carter untuk pengesahan.

"Saya mahu berhati-hati mengesahkan maklumat, tetapi ia kelihatan bahawa mereka berada di kawasan di mana terdapat mungkin tidak angkatan ISIL," katanya kepada pemberita, kurang sedikit daripada yang mengesahkan dakwaan tersebut.

Menteri Luar Rusia Sergey Lavrov bergurau bahawa wartawan yang ingin mendapatkan maklumat yang tepat mengenai kempen Rusia perlu bertanya tentera Rusia dan tidak Pentagon.

Pentagon seolah-olah menjadi jengkel dengan kehadiran tentera Rusia di Syria. Carter mengadu bahawa Moscow telah memaklumkan jabatannya serangan berlaku hanya 1 jam lebih awal daripada masa, penjenamaan masa yang singkat tidak profesional. Terdapat juga laporan bahawa Rusia telah menuntut pesawat pejuang Amerika Syarikat disimpan di ruang udara Syria.


Information warfare? Russia accused 
of killing civilians in Syria . . .

 It didn’t take long, after Russia began its anti-terrorist bombing campaign, for social media to be flooded with ‘evidence’ of civilian casualties. The claims were readily repeated by Western mainstream media.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that it conducted 20 sorties on the first day of the Syrian operation and bombed eight targets in Syria, including weapon and fuel depots and command centers of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) group. All targets were far from urban areas, the ministry stressed.

Virtually simultaneously, reports started surfacing on social media claiming Russia is not attacking terrorists. Instead, it’s claimed Russian warplanes attacked residential areas, killing dozens of civilians. Others said there was no IS presence in the attack areas and these positions were actually held by “moderate rebels.”

The narrative apparently fitted too well into the familiar ‘Russia is the villain’ narrative for Western media to pass it by. Journalists asked Defense Secretary Ash Carter for confirmation.

"I want to be careful about confirming information, but it does appear that they were in areas where there probably were not ISIL forces," he told reporters, falling short of confirming the allegations.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov joked that journalists who want to get accurate information about the Russian campaign should ask the Russian military and not the Pentagon.

The Pentagon seems to be irritated with the Russian military presence in Syria. Carter complained that Moscow had informed his department of imminent strikes just one hour ahead of time, branding such short notice unprofessional. There were also reports that Russia had demanded US warplanes be kept out of Syrian airspace.


Russia strike in Homs today. 33 civilians killed including 3 children and 1 @SyriaCivilDef volunteer. 10:19 PM - 30 Sep 2015

Laporan korban awam yang disebabkan oleh Rusia di Syria kebanyakannya berasal dari kuasa-kuasa pembangkang Syria, yang menyalahkan Rusia untuk membantu Presiden Bashar Assad. Beberapa bukti gambar yang 'pembunuhan oleh Rusia' telah dengan mudah ‘disproven’. Satu gambar seorang pekerja menyelamat Syria membawa seorang gadis cedera ‘resulting’ dari "serangan Rusia di Homs" yang membunuh 33 orang awam, termasuk 3 kanak-kanak pertama kali muncul pada 25 September, hampir seminggu sebelum serangan udara bermula.

Beberapa video yang didakwa menunjukkan selepas pengeboman Rusia di Syria telah muncul dalam talian. Pembangkang popular saluran YouTube dipanggil "talbisa h" yang menghantar rakaman perang dari Syria yang dikeluarkan kira-kira 30 video dirakam di pelbagai lokasi, dengan mendakwa bahawa sesetengah daripada mereka menunjukkan hasil tindakan Rusia. Media berita Barat seperti CNN, Euronews dan agensi-agensi seperti Reuters menyiarkan video walaupun mereka berkata mereka tidak dapat mengesahkan kebenarannya.

"Masalahnya ialah bahawa semua orang adalah sangat ideologi ketika datang untuk kempen Syria. Yang memesongkan laporan mereka, "Max Abrahams, penolong profesor di Universiti Timur Laut, memberitahu RT.

Moscow percaya ada kempen dirancang untuk melemahkan kedudukannya dalam konflik Syria.

"Laporan berat sebelah dan palsu telah membanjiri media Barat dan serantau mendakwa operasi tentera Rusia yang menyebabkan kematian orang awam atau bertujuan menentang kuasa-kuasa pro-demokrasi dan penduduk aman. Itulah serangan maklumat, peperangan maklumat yang kita semua telah mendengar banyak tentang. Rupa-rupanya orang2 datang cukup bersedia untuk itu, "kata Mariya Zakharova, jurucakap Kementerian Luar Rusia,.

"Semua laporan memerlukan pengesahan berhati-hati kerana terdapat banyak maklumat yang berat sebelah, diputarbelitkan dan palsu," kata jurucakap presiden Dmitry Peskov, sambil menambah bahawa komunikasi melalui saluran yang betul merupakan penyelesaian kerja kepada masalah ini. "Jangan menjadi mangsa kepada maklumat itu."

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Rusia telah menerima pelbagai tuduhan pada masa lalu yang kemudiannya terbukti palsu. Pada tahun 2008, apabila Georgia melancarkan serangan ke atas Ossetia Selatan, membunuh pasukan pengaman Rusia dan memprovokasi tindak balas ketenteraan dari Moscow, Tbilisi pergi pada serangan media untuk menggambarkan dirinya sebagai mangsa pencerobohan Rusia. Dakwaan-dakwaan tersebut telah diambil pada nilai muka oleh media Barat selama beberapa hari.

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Pada tahun lalu, Rusia telah berulang kali dituduh menyerang Ukraine oleh pegawai-pegawai di Kiev dan beberapa penajaan. Sekali lagi, gambar dari media sosial telah dibentangkan sebagai bukti pencerobohan yang dikatakan dan juga disahkan oleh pegawai Amerika dan media. Kadang-kadang, ini mengakibatkan penghinaan utama, apabila gambar kemudiannya didedahkan sebagai palsu.

Amateur video allegedly shows aftermath of a Russian airstrike. © Reuters/YouTube

Reports of civilian casualties caused by Russia in Syria mostly originate from the Syrian opposition forces, who blame Russia for helping President Bashar Assad. Some of the photo evidence of the ‘killings by Russia’ was easily disproven. A photo of a Syrian rescue worker carrying an injured girl –resulting from a “Russian strike in Homs” that killed 33 civilians, including three children first appeared on September 25, almost a week before the airstrikes started.

A number of videos allegedly showing the aftermath of Russian bombings in Syria has surfaced online. A popular opposition YouTube channel called “talbisa h” that is posting war footage from Syria released some 30 videos shot at various locations, claiming that some of them showed the results of Russia’s actions. Major Western news outlets such as CNN, Euronews and agencies like Reuters aired the videos even though they said they couldn’t verify their veracity.

“The problem is that everyone is very ideological when it comes to the Syrian campaign. That distorts their reporting,” Max Abrahams, assistant professor at Northeastern University, told RT.

Moscow believes there is an orchestrated campaign to undermine its position in the Syrian conflict.

“Biased and false reports have flooded Western and regional media claiming the Russian military operation is causing civilian deaths or even is aimed against pro-democratic forces and the peaceful population. That is an information attack, the information warfare that we all have heard so much about. Apparently someone came well-prepared for it,” Mariya Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said.

“All reports require very careful verification as there is plenty of biased, distorted and false information,” said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, adding that communication through proper channels is a working solution to the problem. “Don’t fall victim to that information.”


Russia has had its share of accusations in the past that were later proven false. In 2008, when Georgia launched an attack on South Ossetia, killing Russian peacekeepers and provoking a military response from Moscow, Tbilisi went on a media offensive to portray itself as a victim of Russian aggression. The allegations were taken at face value by Western media for days.


In the past year, Russia has been repeatedly accused of invading Ukraine by officials in Kiev and some of its sponsors. Again, photos from social media were presented as evidence of the alleged invasion and even endorsed by American officials and media. Occasionally, this resulted in major humiliation, when the photos were later exposed as fakes.

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