Arbin, eastern Ghouta, Syria after an airstrike on February 25, 2018 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

He said the US intends to use the fake attack as a pretext to bomb the government quarter in nearby Damascus, where Russian military advisers, Russian military police, and Russian ceasefire monitors are based. Russia's armed forces will take retaliatory measures against the missiles and launchers used, Gerasimov said.