The use of a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) to shoot down a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft on 3 February is further evidence that foreign actors are supporting terrorists in Syria, Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman Igor Konashenkov told journalists on 8 February."The thing that concerns us the most is that [Jabhat] al-Nusra terrorists have recently obtained man-portable missile systems that can be used not only in Syria and not only against military planes," he said. "The defence ministry is working on determining what kind of man-portable missile systems these are and the channels used to supply them to terrorists."
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