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I am not familiar with Blochin, but every time I watch Poddubny and his reports from Syria, I want to ask what he wears in all his pockets and what his rank is in Speznaz?
He comes across as a guy, who "guided few ballistic missiles, took out few mojaheddins with the help of pocket knife and the rifle butt, and then finished editing his article."
That kind of guy.
Or to put it in old Soviet terms -
"А после слив бензин и затопив реактор,
Он мирно допахал гречиху и овёс;
Поднялся в небо наш
Простой советский трактор
И полетел обратно он в свой родной колхоз."
Something within these lines.
He has been working as a journalist for more than 15 years, worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Abkhazia, Egypt, South Ossetia, Pakistan, Thailand, Gaza Strip, Syria, Ukraine. I'm not sure that he works in intelligence. Probably not. He has several state awards and medals for humanitarian operations (coordination of food delivery, withdrawal of civilians from war zone).
Some more from the Duran. From what I gather the terrorists and Turkey are having some real hard going. The SAA has retaken several key towns and cities. I hear that one group of moderate head choppers ended up gassing themselves trying to stage another "gas attack"". Last week there was a T-90 abandoned, it's been recovered and is being repaired. The fact that it was not taken by the Turks or militants can tell you things. They don't have the means. There's something seriously wrong with the Turkish military and there always has been. Turkish troops are apparently openly aiding the terrorists from their outposts. A lot of Turkish drones have been shot down because Syria has moved it AA defenses very close into the AO.
The SAA is showing surprising effectiveness and resilience. These guys are battle hardened veterans, well equipped and well supported. The bad thing is, Syria simply does not have enough of them. There's rumors of Russia expanding its air power in the region.
Well it seems that an agreement has been reached. A buffer zone 6 km wide will be established in the area of the M4 and M5 highways which connect Aleppo to central and western Syria. It will be jointly patrolled by Russian and Turkish troops. The problem of the terrorists and civilians inside the Idlib pocket remains.
This will hopefully be enough for the Syrians who due to their lack of manpower cannot liquidate the pocket. If the situation stabilizes Turkey will not have to deal with the refugees fleeing to its soil. The problem is the terrorists inside. Can Turkey control them? Does Turkey want to?
Syria has counterattacked these last few days and it's pretty obvious they and Russian/Syrian air power rule the day. There was over 600 sorties flown with 3 aircraft losses over a 4 day period. Terrorists fled to the Turkish observation posts sheltering there in order to preserve themselves. Some Turkish forces were killed.
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