Over 50 specialists skilled in delivering crude explosive working with Putin’s forces
Technicians linked to the Syrian military’s infamous barrel bombs that have wreaked devastation across much of the country have been deployed to Russia to help potentially prepare for a similar campaign in the Ukraine war, European officials believe.
Intelligence officers say more than 50 specialists, all with vast experience in making and delivering the crude explosive, have been in Russia for several weeks working alongside officials from Vladimir Putin’s military.
Their arrival is understood to be one factor behind US and European warnings that the Russian military may have been preparing for the use of chemical weapons in the conflict, which has entered its fourth month with little sign of slowing.
#Ukraine: The 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army struck a Russian armoured vehicle, which detonated in dramatic fashion. pic.twitter.com/n5iulu4Jif
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 21, 2022
