On Sunday, September 15, DIU special forces from the “Chemist” group attacked a Russian base in Syria near Aleppo, where Russians were manufacturing and testing attack UAVs.
Ukrainian partisans operating as part of an underground movement in temporarily occupied Crimea have documented the illegal export of Ukrainian grain by Russia from the port of Sevastopol to Syria.
On July 25, special forces of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) carried out a complex strike on a Russian base in Syria.
As a result of Russia’s scorched earth tactics, part of Bakhmut, a town in Donetsk region holding defense for months, has turned into a kind of Syria’s Aleppo, which was also destroyed by massive bombing.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed a decision to submit proposals to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) in order to introduce sanctions against Syria.
On March 28, 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine endorsed the draft law on the termination of the intergovernmental agreement between Ukraine and Syria on trade, economic, and technical cooperation.
The lack of proper accountability for crimes committed in Syria has led to a sense of impunity in the Kremlin, which is largely a reason behind their current aggressiveness.
The Russian Federation is sending its units, currently stationed in Syria, to Ukraine due to the failure of covert mobilization measures across Russia.
Ukraine severs diplomatic relations with the Syrian Arab Republic and initiates the procedure of imposing a trade embargo after Syria recognized the "independence" of the "LPR" and "DPR".