(JNS.org) Russia has denied Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s reported announcement that he has already received the first shipment of the vaunted S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. But the Kremlin stated on Friday that it could deliver the S-300 system to Syria “in accordance with contract no earlier than the autumn,” Israel Hayom reported, citing the Russian Interfax news agency.

Interfax said that 10 Russian MiG-29 combat airplanes would also be delivered to Syria. Two senior U.S. officials privy to intelligence matters confirmed the shipment had not yet been made, Fox News reported.