PANGKALAN Udara Rusia di Syria: RT tinjau kehidupan sehari-hari di lapangan terbang Latakia . . .

hafizinAlif - Dalam masa beberapa bulan lapangan terbang yang terbiar di Latakia, Syria, menjadi pusat strategik operasi ketenteraan Rusia menentang Negara Islam. RT mendapat peluang untuk melihat kehidupan sehari-hari secara langsung di pangkalan udara Khmeimim - dari trak sauna kedai roti mudah alih.

Landasan kapal terbang itu mampu menerima super-jumbo Antonov An-124 Ruslan dan Tupolev Tu-76 pesawat pengangkutan, dan mempunyai ruang untuk lebih daripada 50 pesawat tentera: pengebom Sukhoi Su-24M, Sukhoi Su-25 pejuang tanah sokongan, canggih Sukhoi Su-34 pengebom, Mil Mi-24 helikopter gunship dan Mil Mi-8 helikopter sokongan.

Rusia moden telah pernah menjalankan apa-apa operasi tentera jauh dari sempadan dan tempat kejadian operasi di Syria adalah beratus-ratus kilometer dari pangkalan tentera terdekat Rusia. Terdapat beratus-ratus anggota perkhidmatan lelaki dan juruterbang di Khmeimim pangkalan udara dan menyediakan kemudahan kepada mereka jauh dari rumah, kerana bahaya yang pasti dari Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) tenun hanya 40 kilometer jauhnya, adalah satu cabaran bagi perkhidmatan bekalan.

RT Murad Gazdiev, salah satu daripada beberapa wartawan diberikan akses kepada pangkalan tentera dari mana kapal terbang pergi pada misi terhadap IS pemasangan di Syria, mengambil melihat lebih dekat apa yang diperlukan untuk mengekalkan operasi ketenteraan begitu jauh dari rumah.

Infrastruktur yang diperlukan untuk mengekalkan operasi ketenteraan di Syria terpaksa dibentuk dari kecederaan. Apabila Rusia diperuntukkan tanah berhampiran lapangan terbang Khmeimim ia adalah rata dan kosong.

Semua kubu Rusia di Latakia terpaksa dibawa dari Rusia.

Semua kakitangan dan anggota perkhidmatan diberi makan menu dari dapur lapangan. Makanan yang mudah, lagi berkhasiat, Gazdiev berkata. Semua bahan-bahan yang dibawa dari Rusia melalui laut atau melalui udara.

Rusia tidak boleh mengurus tanpa roti, supaya satu lagi isu penting adalah membakar roti segar di pangkalan. Kedai roti bidang bekerja tanpa henti, membuat roti dengan tepung gandum yang diimport dari Rusia.

"Dalam tempoh yang singkat kita didirikan banyak keping infrastruktur lapangan, seperti mata mengisi bahan bakar dan depot penyimpanan, dan juga kedai roti dan kemudahan dobi," kata seorang jurucakap tentera Rusia.

Penginapan di Khmeimim pangkalan udara adalah sama dengan NATO standard 2 orang kediaman digunakan di Afghanistan dan di tempat lain. Ia berhawa dingin dan dicat putih untuk mencerminkan haba membakar Syria.

Semua anggota perkhidmatan di pangkalan memakai pakaian seragam tan berwarna khas yang direka untuk iklim panas.

Untuk bersaing semangat tentera 'yang tinggi jauh dari rumah, asas juga mempunyai sauna Rusia mudah alih. Trak sauna dibawa sepanjang jalan dari Rusia.

Russian servicemendining at Khmeimim air base in Syria's Latakia © Dmitry Vinogradov/RIA Novosti

Russian airbase in Syria: RT checks out everyday 

life at Latakia airfield . . .

In just a couple of months a neglected airfield in Latakia, Syria, became the strategic center of Russia’s military operation against Islamic State. RT got chance to see firsthand everyday life at the Khmeimim airbase – from sauna trucks to mobile bakeries.

The airstrip is capable of accepting super-jumbo Antonov An-124 Ruslan and Tupolev Tu-76 transport aircrafts, and has bays for more than 50 military aircrafts: Sukhoi Su-24M bombers, Sukhoi Su-25 ground-support fighters, cutting-edge Sukhoi Su-34 bombers, Mil Mi-24 gunship helicopters and Mil Mi-8 support choppers.

Modern Russia has never conducted any military operations far from its borders and the scene of operations in Syria is hundreds of kilometers away from Russia’s nearest military base. There are hundreds of servicemen and pilots at Khmeimim airbase and providing convenience for them far from home, as imminent danger from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) looms just 40 kilometers away, is a challenge for the supply service.

RT's Murad Gazdiev, one of the few journalists granted access to the military base from where planes head out on missions against IS installations in Syria, takes a close look at what it takes to sustain a military operation so far from home.

The infrastructure needed to sustain the military operation in Syria had to be developed from a scratch. When Russia allotted land near the Khmeimim airfield it was flat and empty.

Everything at the Russian stronghold in Latakia had to be brought from Russia.

All personnel and servicemen are fed one menu from field kitchens. The food is simple, yet nutritious, Gazdiev says. All ingredients are brought from Russia by sea or airlifted.

Russians can’t manage without bread so another important issue is baking fresh bread at the base. The field bakery works non-stop, making bread with wheat flour shipped in from Russia.

“In a short period of time we erected numerous pieces of field infrastructure, such as refueling points and storage depots, as well as a bakery and laundry facilities,” a Russian military spokesman said.

Accommodation at Khmeimim airbase is similar to NATO standard two-person living quarters used in Afghanistan and elsewhere. They are air-conditioned and painted white to reflect Syria’s searing heat.

All servicemen at the base wear special tan-colored uniforms designed for hot climates.

To keep up troops’ morale high far from home, the base even has a mobile Russian sauna. The sauna trucks have been brought all the way from Russia.

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TENTERA Laut Rusia berjaya menembak sasaran semasa latihan di Laut Baltik

hafizinAlif - Armada Korvet Rusia Baltic ini, 'Soobrazitelny', berjaya baru diuji dilengkapi peluru berpandu anti-pesawat semasa latihan di Laut Baltik pada Khamis. Roket yang berpangkalan di laut Redut kompleks peluru berpandu mencapai kapal saingan simulasi semasa latihan taktikal, di mana tambahan 10 kapal dan kapal sokongan membantu untuk meterai kawasan sekitar zon latihan.

Russian Navy successfully shoots targets 

during drills on the Baltic Sea . . .

The Russian Baltic fleet’s corvette, ‘Soobrazitelny’, successfully tested out its newly fitted anti-aircraft missiles during drills on the Baltic Sea on Thursday. The rockets of the Redut sea-based guided missile complex reached the simulated rival ship during tactical exercises, during which an additional 10 ships and support vessels helped to seal-off the area around the training zone.

Kadyrov meminta Putin untuk membolehkan infantri Chechen untuk berjuang di Syria . . .

© Said Tsarnaev/RIA Novosti

hafizinAlif - Ketua Republik Chechen telah meminta Presiden Rusia untuk menghantar unit Chechen untuk melawan Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) di Syria, sambil menambah bahawa pejuangnya telah bersumpah untuk memerangi pengganas sehingga akhir.

"Ini bukan sia-sia, saya meminta kebenaran untuk pergi ke sana dan mengambil bahagian dalam operasi khas," kata Ramzan Kadyrov dalam temu Jumaat dengan radio RSN. "Sebagai seorang Muslim, yang Chechen dan seorang patriot Rusia saya ingin mengatakan bahawa pada tahun 1999 apabila republik kami telah ditakluki dengan syaitan-syaitan ini kami bersumpah dengan Quran mengatakan bahawa kita akan memerangi mereka di mana sahaja mereka berada," kata pemimpin Chechen.

"Tetapi kita perlu keputusan Commander-in-Chief untuk melakukan ini," tegas beliau. Menurut Perlembagaan Federation, presiden juga Komander Ketua angkatan tentera.

BACA LAGI: 'Sasaran utama Barat di Syria adalah Assad, tidak ISIS' – Kadyrov (READ MORE: ‘West’s main target in Syria is Assad, not ISIS’ - Kadyrov)

Kadyrov juga menyatakan bahawa pasukan khas unit Chechen berada pada tahap yang sangat tinggi kesediaan pertempuran dan berjanji bahawa "sebaik sahaja pengganas di Syria faham bahawa kita sedang menuju ke sana mereka sangat cepat2 keluar," sambil menambah bahawa pengganas mempunyai sedikit pengalaman sebenar peperangan.

"Kami tahu mereka kerana kita telah memusnahkan mereka di sini, kami telah memerangi mereka. Dan mereka juga mengenali kami, "kata pemimpin Chechen.

Pada masa yang sama Kadyrov mengakui bahawa perjuangan menentang ancaman IS tidak boleh terhad kepada kaedah kuasa, tetapi juga perlu memasukkan pendidikan - generasi muda perlu diajar bahawa kumpulan-kumpulan pelampau menggunakan tafsiran yang salah terhadap Al-Quran.

Awal bulan ini, ketua republik Chechen melaporkan bahawa sebuah yayasan amal dinamakan selepas mendiang bapanya telah menyediakan bantuan kepada pelarian Syria di Jerman. Kadyrov menulis dalam akaun Instagram beliau bahawa pekerja amal mengambil masa hampir 2,000 pelarian bercuti untuk makan di bandar Kiel dan yayasan itu menyediakan kem-kem pelarian Jerman dengan perabot sekolah dan peralatan untuk taman permainan kanak-kanak.

BACA LAGI: Perkhidmatan Keselamatan Persekutuan memerlukan lebih luas anti-ISIS gabungan antarabangsa (READ MORE: Federal Security Service calls for broader international anti-ISIS coalition)

Minggu ini Tentera Udara Rusia mula menyampaikan mogok pembedahan ke atas kedudukan pengganas di Syria selepas dewan atas negara sebulat suara mengundi pada hari Rabu untuk menyokong permintaan Presiden Putin untuk menggunakan tentera negara di luar negara untuk memerangi keganasan. Ketua pentadbiran presiden, Sergey Ivanov, menekankan bahawa Rusia tidak akan terlibat dalam apa-apa kerja darat - bantuan hanya akan berada dalam bentuk serangan udara.

Kadyrov asks Putin to allow Chechen infantry 

to fight in Syria . . .

The head of the Chechen Republic has asked the Russian president to send Chechen units to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria, adding that his fighters have sworn to fight terrorists till the end.

“This is not idle talk, I am asking for permission to go there and participate in special operations,” Ramzan Kadyrov said in the Friday interview with the RSN radio. “Being a Muslim, a Chechen and a Russian patriot I want to say that in 1999 when our republic was overrun with these devils we swore on the Koran that we would fight them wherever they are,” the Chechen leader said.

“But we need the Commander-in-Chief’s decision to do this,” he emphasized. According to the Russian Constitution, the president is also the commander-in-chief of the military forces.

READ MORE: ‘West’s main target in Syria is Assad, not ISIS’ - Kadyrov

Kadyrov also noted that Chechen special forces units were at a very high level of combat readiness and promised that “as soon as the terrorists in Syria understand that we are heading there they will very quickly get out,” adding that terrorists have little experience of real warfare.

“We know them because we have destroyed them here, we have fought them. And they also know us,” the Chechen leader said.

At the same time Kadyrov acknowledged that the fight against the IS threat must not be limited to power methods, but should also include education – the younger generation must be taught that extremist groups use the wrong interpretations of the Koran.

Earlier this month, the head of the Chechen republic reported that a charity foundation named after his late father was providing aid to Syrian refugees in Germany. Kadyrov wrote on his Instagram account that charity workers took almost 2,000 refugees for a holiday meal in the city of Kiel and that the foundation was providing German refugee camps with school furniture and equipment for children’s playgrounds.

READ MORE: Federal Security Service calls for broader international anti-ISIS coalition

This week the Russian Air Force started to deliver surgical strikes on terrorist positions in Syria after the country’s upper house unanimously voted on Wednesday to endorse President Putin’s request to deploy the nation’s military abroad to fight terrorism. The head of the presidential administration, Sergey Ivanov, emphasized that Russia would not be involved in any ground operation - aid would only be in the form of airstrikes.

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