Ukraine is deeply concerned about the significant escalation of the situation in syrian city Idlib and condemns the actions of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the Russian Federation, which assistance all kinds to him, a lot of military and civilians was killed.
According to the statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“Ministry expressed condolences to the Turkish side, which has lost its military, and said that Ukraine is in solidarity with the position of NATO and the international community. NATO calls for an immediate cessation of violence and the implementation of previously reached agreements to resolve the Syrian issue. “The suffering of people must be stopped and another humanitarian catastrophe in Syria prevented,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said’, MFA reported.
The statement was preceded by media reports that in the Syrian city of Idlib in recent weeks a war has flared up with renewed vigor between the government forces of Bashar al-Assad, supported by the Russian army. During February, Turkey deployed about 5,000 military and armored vehicles, including tanks, in Idlib.
Earlier, on October 9, 2019, Turkey launched a military operation in Syria against the Syrian Kurds that formed the Rojava region (Syrian Kurdistan). Turkey has a 911-kilometer border with Syria and calls the Syrian Kurds “terrorists.”
