After our previous investigation on the Russian troops in Syria, the situation on the ground has changed significantly. The Kremlin's official position on our troops in Syria changed just as rapidly. When we published our investigation, one of the marines of the 810th brigade featured in our report, Yuriy Artamonov, was urgently shipped back to Crimea. A TV piece was shot with him telling no one had sent him anywhere and his wife's account had been hacked to plant information on him being sent to Syria. The piece was aired on Russian national TV channel "Russia 24".
War in Ukraine: Russia’s path to war in Syria, part I
An image grab taken from a video released by the Homs Media Center on Sept. 30, 2015 shows smoke billowing from buildings in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in Homs province.
