VKS RF, two days attacked 472 objects of militants in the eight provinces of Syria

VKS RF, two days attacked 472 objects of militants in the eight provinces of Syria


MOSCOW, November 23. Aircraft of the Russian air group in the past two days has performed 141 the departure and attacked 472 objects of terrorists in Syria. This was reported by the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov.

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“Aircraft of the Russian space forces made 141 sorties and attacked, 472 objects of terrorists in Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, HOMS, raqqa and Deir ez-Zor”, he said.

According to him, over the past two days Russian air group continued to engage in intensive exploration of the goals and to strike at specific targets of terrorist groups operating in Syria.

The representative of military Department has specified that after execution of combat tasks all the Russian planes returned safely to the airbase Hamim.

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The Russian military launched operation against the militants is prohibited in the Russian Federation terrorist organizations “Islamic state” and “dzhebhat EN-Nusra” in Syria, 30 September, at the request of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the air group included more than 50 aircraft in operation in early October, were engaged by ships of the Navy of the Russian Federation, who attacked the terrorists with a cruise missile from the Caspian sea. Since the beginning of military actions of the Russian pilots destroyed more than 2 thousand objects of the militants. To participate in a ground operation, Russia does not intend.