Yesterday, Russia’s air force hit 60 ISIS targets in Syria and killed around 200 militants, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday. It was the most intense raids since Moscow launched strikes on Syria 10 days ago.
Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti
In the previous times, the Russian warplanes had been hitting about 10 terrorist targets daily.
The increased pace of attacks is related to the full-scale ground offensive of the Syrian forces. It officially started on October 8.
The Russian airstrikes have been preventing militants from re-grouping and defending the pro-Assad units’ ground flanks .
According to the report, Russian jets destroyed a headquarters of the Liwa al-Haqq terrorist group in the Raqqa Governatore. KAB-500 precision guided bombs were used there.
The Ministry of Defence said this raid killed two senior ISIS field commanders and some 200 militants there. The source of information is intercepted radio communications.
The positioning of Russian aircraft in Syria gives the Kremlin an ability to shape and control the battlespace in both Syria and Iraq out of all proportion to the size of the Russian force:
