15/06/2012 11:34
US State Department about Russian helicopter
The State Department is acknowledging that the Russian helicopters Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said represented an escalation in the Syrian conflict were actually returning to Syria after being refurbished and are not new tools against Syrian opposition groups.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says the U.S. is nevertheless concerned that the helicopters will be used by President Bashar Assad's regime to kill civilians, the CBS reported.
"When you look at the Soviet- and Russian-made helicopters that are in use in Syria today, every helicopter that is flying and working is attacking a new civilian location," she added. "So the concern is when you add three more freshly refurbished helicopters to the fight, that is three more that can be used to kill civilians," quotes the AP.