PUTIN goes to WAR against ISIS: Stop dithering and FIGHT, Russian leader tells West
In a televised interview Putin said action against Assad's government would "create a situation" seen in countries such as Libya "where all the state institutions are disintegrated".
The superpower has brought in 28 fighter aircraft and thousands of soldiers to the war-torn Middle East country to support the Assad regime.
That puts Russia in direct opposition to a US-led coalition which has brought military action against the Syrian government.
The US has accused Syria of a series of atrocities against its own people.
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