Russian Sukhoi-30SM jet fighters landing on a runway at the Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia. (AFP photo)
MOSCOW: Russia has hit more than 456 Islamic State (ISIS) group targets since launching its bombing campaign in Syria on September 30, a high-ranking military official said on Friday.
"Since the Russian air force went into action on September 30, we made 669 combat sorties," Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, a senior Russian general staff official said in a defence ministry statement. "In the strikes, 456 targets have been destroyed," he said. "According to the general staff, we were able to significantly disrupt the militants' infrastructure, supply and control systems of the terrorist groups."
"Since the Russian air force went into action on September 30, we made 669 combat sorties," Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, a senior Russian general staff official said in a defence ministry statement. "In the strikes, 456 targets have been destroyed," he said. "According to the general staff, we were able to significantly disrupt the militants' infrastructure, supply and control systems of the terrorist groups."
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