{"id":20983,"date":"2020-05-28T01:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/28\/top-russian-lawmaker-denies-that-military-sent-warplanes-to-libya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:58:51","slug":"top-russian-lawmaker-denies-that-military-sent-warplanes-to-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2020\/05\/28\/top-russian-lawmaker-denies-that-military-sent-warplanes-to-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Russian lawmaker denies that military sent warplanes to Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 A senior Russian lawmaker on Wednesday strongly rejected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/04\/07\/us-withdraws-troops-from-libya-amid-rival-militias-fighting-near-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\">the U.S. military\u2019s<\/a> claim that Russia has deployed fighter jets to Libya to support east-based forces in their offensive on the capital, Tripoli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viktor Bondarev, the former Russian air force chief who heads the defense committee in the upper house of parliament, dismissed the claim by the U.S. Africa Command as \u201cstupidity.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the warplanes are in Libya, they are Soviet, not Russian,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/26\/russian-aircraft-deploy-to-libya-to-back-private-military-contractors-africom-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RussianMilitaryJets.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian aircraft deploy to Libya to back private military contractors, AFRICOM says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">At least 14 Russian aircraft were deployed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday the Russian military aircraft arrived in Libya recently from an airbase in Russia via Syria, where they were repainted to hide their Russian origin. AFRICOM did not say exactly how many aircraft were transferred or when exactly they arrived in Libya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFRICOM said the aircraft were likely to provide close-air support and offensive fire for the Wagner Group, a Russia-based state-sponsored company that employs mercenaries to fight alongside the eastern forces of military commander Khalifa Hifter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1214\" height=\"818\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6220916.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this May 26, 2020, photo, Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors operating on the ground there. (DVIDS)\" class=\"wp-image-46565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6220916.jpg.jpg 1214w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6220916.jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6220916.jpg.jpg?resize=768,517 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6220916.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,690 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1214px) 100vw, 1214px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this May 26, 2020, photo, from U.S. Africa Command, Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors operating on the ground there. (DVIDS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bondarev noted that several African nations operate MiG-29 fighter jets \u2014 the warplanes of the type seen on a Libyan airfield in images released by AFRICOM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Libya was plunged into chaos when a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The country is now split between a government in the east allied with Hifter and one in Tripoli, in the west, supported by the United Nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/04\/04\/why-this-us-general-says-russian-wagner-mercenaries-in-africa-concern-me-greatly\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Gen.-Stephen-Townsend-TRADOC.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why this US general says Russian Wagner mercenaries in Africa \u2018concern me greatly\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The incoming head of U.S. Africa Command has dealt with Russian mercenaries before during his time in Syria, and is planning to look into their operations on the African continent in his new role.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hifter\u2019s self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces launched an offensive to capture Tripoli last year, clashing with an array of militias loosely allied with the U.N.-supported but weak government there. Hifter is backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia, while the Tripoli-allied militias are aided by Turkey, Qatar and Italy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past two months, Hifter\u2019s forces have lost a string of western towns and a key airbase after Turkey stepped up military support for his rivals, sending drones, air defense systems, armored vehicles and thousands of Syrian mercenaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20147537346995.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this Jan. 17, 2020, file, photo, Libyan Gen. 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