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West Implies Russia Military Presence in Syria to Intervene in Ukraine

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Sanda Raskovic Ivic, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia, said that the Western accusation of Russian participation in the Syrian conflict is aimed to give a free way for the West to intervene further in the area of Ukraine.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Accusations of Russia's involvement in the Syrian civil war are a smokescreen for increased involvement in Ukraine by Western countries, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia told Sputnik on Monday.

"They are trying to accuse Russia of participating in the Syrian conflict because in a way it would give the right to Western countries – United States and some leading countries of the EU – to intervene in Ukraine," Sanda Raskovic Ivic said.

High-ranking US officials have expressed concern with Russia’s military presence in Syria, which Moscow maintains is material support and training for Damascus to fight the Islamic State (ISIL) and other extremist groups.

Ahead of his participation in the 70th UN General Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on US television that Moscow had no plans to take part in field operations in Syria or other states.

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Ivic linked Western suspicions of Russian participation in the Syrian conflict to Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis, in which she noted Russia’s role as the only country "not part of military actions toward Syria" and thus not contributing to the largest refugee displacement since World War II.

"So this false accusation is aimed to accuse Russia and to give a free way for the West to intervene further in the area of Ukraine," she stated.

Russia has been working to solve the ongoing civil war in Syria, as well as providing humanitarian aid to displaced people in the conflict-torn country and supplying military equipment to support the country's army in its fight against terrorist groups.

Moscow's relations with the West worsened amid a crisis in Ukraine’s southeast, an area engulfed in conflict since April 2014, when Kiev launched a military operation against local independence supporters. Western nations accuse Russia of fueling the conflict, while Moscow, a consistent supplier of humanitarian aid to the region, denies participating in the hostilities.

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