Against this background, there are reports that the Russian military aviation continues to strike at ISIS militants (* banned in the Russian Federation) trying to break through from Raqqa to Deir ez-Zor with a large number of armored vehicles and pickups equipped with heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. Only this morning, thanks to the actions of Russian pilots, at least 19 units of Ishilov’s equipment were eliminated.

The fierce battles of Syrian troops with a group that is structurally part of Al-Qaeda (* banned in the Russian Federation) and Hama continue. Fights go west of the city of Salamia. The material stated that the ground forces were forced to suspend hostilities, causing air reinforcements. The aircraft of the Syrian military aviation struck several blows at the positions of the militants, who did not join the cease-fire regime. After the air strike, the ground phase of the operation continued.