Russia Says Ready to Prevent Syria Ceasefire Violations Unilateraly

Russia believes that further delays in developing a joint mechanism with the US on detecting and preventing ceasefire violations in Syria will be counterproductive and does not rule out unilateral actions militant groups that continue to violate the agreed cessation of hostilities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the ministry's statement, although Moscow is satisfied with the level of Russia-US cooperation on Syrian ceasefire, "it is dangerous and counterproductive" to endlessly drag on the creation of a mechanism on coordinated reaction from the members of the International Syria Support Group to ceasefire violations in Syria.

"We do not rule out the possibility that we could be forced to take unilateral actions against the militants who do not respect the ceasefire regime," the statement said.