It is noted in the report that the Russian soldier of Russia's 74th Separate Mororized Rifle Brigade (military unit 21005) Ayas Saryg-Ool, who is currently in Syria, published several photos of him riding in a vehicle in Syria (which he admitted in the comments). The experts geolocated the image revealing that the Russian troops were in fact 100 km away from Hmeymim airbase, in the city of Hama.
Therefore, the presence of Russian troops’ presence in Hama is hard to explain given the official position of the Russian authorities. In this area Bashar Assad’s troops have been fighting the rebels.
The dashboard and handle on the outside of the cabin suggest Ayas is in a KamAZ truck.
Given that Ayas serves in a motorized rifle brigade, which are often accompanied by artillery, and that a KamAZ-6350-based artillery tow truck was earlier spotted in Latakia, we can suggest that the photos also were taken from inside a KamAZ-6350 artillery tow truck.
Ayas profile contained other interesting Syria photos. One of them shows him with a Kord machine gun on a rooftop.
Ayas also photographed other military vehicles, including a KamAZ-IVECO "Lynx" armored car.
Before Russia's active involvement in Syria, the last known use of OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missiles by Assad troops was in 2013.
Russia brought Tochka rockets back to Syria. Reports emerged on them being used in Idlib.
One of the rockets that launch from a #Russian warship in Mediterranean, the cities of northern #Syria #PutinAtWar pic.twitter.com/q1AZG6VJSc
— Khaled AL Homsi (@PalmyraPioneer) October 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/RamiAlLolah/status/661626831204974592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Another OTR-21 Tochka found in #Latakia #Syria via @2Rook14 pic.twitter.com/Sa921dU75h
— Abraxas Spa (@AbraxasSpa) November 1, 2015
Part of a #Russia|n Tochka missile found near a refugee camp on the #Syria|n-TK border in Latakia's n- countryside. pic.twitter.com/sxzoZjukPt
— Sakir Khader (@sakirkhader) November 2, 2015
خبر | مصدر رسمي أمريكي : #روسيا قامت بإرسال عدد (٤) راجمات من طراز "BM-30 Smerch"
(صورها منتشره منذ أسبوع) pic.twitter.com/SyvxcerotQ
— Muhammed Al-Qahtani (@muh_Alqahtani) October 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/NorthernStork/status/653306697230848000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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