Interim results of the counterterrorist operation in Syria summed up in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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The chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Sergey Rudsky, summed up the interim results of the counter-terrorist operation of the Russian forces in Syria since September 30. According to Sergei Rudsky, Russian aircraft aviation the groups made 4201 sorties, and 145 of them - sorties of long-range and strategic aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. At the same time, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation noted the recent increase in the intensity of aviation actions against terrorist groups.
Sergey Rudskoy:
Russian aviation continues to give priority to undermining the sources of income for terrorists in Syria. For this purpose, only in the last three days, 6 of the illegal oilfield sites of militants, as well as 7 columns of vehicles transporting crude oil and refined products, were destroyed. Since the beginning of the attacks, Russian aircraft destroyed over 1200 nalivnyakov.
There has been a significant advancement of the Syrian government army in almost all provinces of the Syrian Arab Republic. Over the last week, the security zone in the area of the Kveyris airfield in the province of Aleppo has been significantly expanded, 9 settlements in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib have been released.
According to Lieutenant-General Rudskoy, the Syrian army expanded control in several parts of the border with Turkey in the province of Latakia, seized strategic heights in the area of the cities of Salma and Sirmania.
The head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces noted the successes of the Syrian government army in the province of Damascus - in particular, taking control of the military airfield Marge-al-Sultan, the creation of boilers, which were large militant groups in the Nula, Duma and Zibdin areas.
Sergey Rudskoy about the interaction with the so-called moderate Syrian opposition:
The successes of the ground operation of the Syrian armed forces contribute to the actions of the so-called moderate opposition against ISIL. Currently, more than 150-like formations operate in Syria. The most patriotic of them are already fighting in cooperation with the Syrian government forces. Today there are more than 5 thousand people. Constant contact is established and maintained with them. Opposition formations provide the command of the Russian aviation group with the coordinates of terrorist objects to defeat.
In the province of Rakka, with the support of moderate oppositionists from the Ganim and Democratic Forces units, it was possible to destroy the ISIL and 150 units of equipment near the 11 unit in the last 24 hours.
Attacks on terrorists and moderate opposition units in the area of Palmyra and El-Karatien.
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