The large-scale attacks that took place today in Damascus (80 dead, over 200 injured) and Homs (45 dead, 115 injured) are provocations, the purpose of which is a failure of a political settlement, and the UN Security Council must respond adequately to this, the deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, Alexander Romanovich said.
According to him, thus the forces seeking to destabilize the situation may act. "The Security Council is obliged to respond to the country's appeal, which is in fact subjected to aggression," the deputy said.
