White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Wednesday that it was "too early for me to say what target they were aiming at and what targets were hit."
He made the remarks after Russia launched
Although Russian President Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...has assured that the warplanes were targeting ISIL terrorists, Earnest said, the White House could not confirm who the Russian military forces are targeting inside Syria.
"The Department of Defense is going to take a look at the Russian military activities there," Earnest added.
"It is fair to say that US officials had already been in touch with their Russian counterparts to set up those meetings," he said. "It's accurate to say those deconfliction conversations have not occurred" but they are expected to begin soon.