[dabigv13]

VKS was not inactive. They hit the Al-Rastan bridge south of Hama several times. They hit a regime position before it was evacuated, oops! It's incorrect to say they didn't fight. They fought very poorly, but they did at least try. Remember, in Syria the VKS mostly just bombed civilians. Expecting them to suddenly become adept at close air support was always a bad assumption. They definitely did not have the capability of keeping the rebels out of Damascus for "a week at least", as the events of the past 24 hours demonstrated.

[dabigv13]

VKS was not inactive. They hit the Al-Rastan bridge south of Hama several times. They hit a regime position before it was evacuated, oops! It's incorrect to say they didn't fight. They fought very poorly, but they did at least try. Remember, in Syria the VKS mostly just bombed civilians. Expecting them to suddenly become adept at close air support was always a bad assumption. They definitely did not have the capability of keeping the rebels out of Damascus for "a week at least", as the events of the past 24 hours demonstrated.