Russian fighter jets hit 63 targets in Syria in the past 24
hours, the defence ministry said Sunday, as Moscow
intensifies a campaign it says is aimed against the Islamic
State jihadist group.
“Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25SM planes carried out
64 sorties from the Hmeimim airbase against 63
targets in the provinces of Hama, Latakia, Idlib
and Raqa,” the defence ministry said in a
statement.
The Russian military claimed that the air strikes
had destroyed 53 positions used by the
“terrorists”, as well as a command post, four
training camps and seven ammunition depots.
Russia said its campaign in the war-torn country
was rattling IS fighters, claiming that radio
intercepts showed “growing panic” among
them.
On Saturday, the defence ministry claimed that
fighters were running low on arms, ammunition
and fuel, leading them to abandon their combat
positions for the country’s east and northeast.
Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov
said Sunday the Russian side had noted progress
in its negotiations with the Pentagon on
preventing accidents in Syrian airspace, where a
US-led coalition is leading a separate bombing
campaign.
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