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Business Insider: It’s becoming clear that the West cannot restrain Russia

Published Sept. 23, 2016 at 6:46 pm

In this handout photograph released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on September 23, 2016, Russian troops arrive at a Pakistan military base at an undisclosed location.

Photo by AFP

Only days after the latest ceasefire agreement came into force in Syria, a United Nations aid convoy en route to Aleppo was attacked and destroyed.

The UN was quick to declare this both a premeditated attack and a war crime. Citing air space intelligence, the US government released a statement accusing the Russian Air Force of responsibility, detailing the presence of two Russian Sukhoi SU-24 fighter aircraft in the area at the time of the attack.