It also provides a glimpse of the methods used to send private Russian military contractors to Syria – a deployment the Kremlin insists does not exist. CONTRACTORS COME BACK IN CASKETSAlthough Moscow denies it is sending private military contractors to Syria, plenty of people say that’s untrue. He said the contractors occasionally use Russian military aircraft too, when they can’t all fit on the Cham Wings jets. Interviews with relatives of contractors killed in Syria also indicate the A320 flights to Rostov are used to transport Russian military contractors. He told her that Russian contractors there are often sent into the thick of the battle and are the first to enter captured towns, she said.

Source: Egypt Independent April 06, 2018 10:18 UTC