Could be however I was reading reports from people over there that Russian Troops have been showing up in small numbers all over Syria. Small numbers to me usually mean special action groups either providing intelligence, coordinating air strikes or going after specific individual targets.
Militarily you usually see this kind of thing right before the hammer falls.
Semi-offically Russia has moved 4000 troops to Syria to assist Asaad, I don't doubt that most of those are special forces and technical advisors, and pilot and aircrews/support.
It would be interesting to see if Russia has kicked up its sea and airborne training since the crash.
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