New day of hunting for ISIS. Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
According to the representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the aviation of the VKS of the Russian Federation carried out 127 combat missions. By the operations were connected strategic missile carriers Tu-Tu-160 95MS, long-range bombers Tu-22M3. 98 made flights from 127 aircraft at Hmeimim airbase.
From the message of the Ministry of Defense:
Range bomber 12 struck objects are located in the provinces and Rakka Deir Ezzor.
Strike aircraft from the airfield "Hmeymim" performs the task of defeating the militants control centers, factories for the production of explosives, ammunition dumps, terrorist training camps, strongholds and fortified areas.
All planned to defeat the objects destroyed.
General Kartapolov noted that in the first few days of "free hunting" for fuel trucks with smuggled oil, it was possible to destroy around 500 such vehicles. This caused significant damage to the IG, which receives revenues, including from the sale of hydrocarbons.
Strikes on fuel trucks on the video from the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation:
Strikes on oil refineries under the control of militants:
General Kartapolov stressed that all strikes are delivered to targets that have been identified by intelligence and subsequently confirmed. It uses and means of space exploration.
As a result of the air strikes, several command posts, ammunition depots and fuel, and field camps of terrorists were destroyed. According to Andrei Kartapolov, the intensity of the air strikes against militants will not decrease in the near future.
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