Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is not planning to send ground troops to fight ISIL terrorists in Syria and will not support Russian volunteers willing to take part in the conflict.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has modified his traditional New Year address to his nation to vow a “confident, tough and consistent” war against terror until complete victory.
At least 14 people have been reported killed and 43 injured in a bomb attack that occurred at a Russian railway station in Volgograd, an industrial city south of the country.
Dozens of Russian citizens, mostly women and children, have left Syria with a special plane due to the increased threats of a Western attack on the already war-torn country.