Moscow, SANA \u2013 Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that Russian warplanes raided on ISIS terrorists’ positions in Palmyra area in the eastern countryside of Homs.<\/p>\n
The Ministry said in a statement that “Six long-range bombers Tu-22M3, which took off from the Russian territory, have delivered a concentrated strike with high-explosive munitions against the facilities of ISIS terrorist organization in the areas east and northwest of Palmyra, near the communities of al-Sukhne and Arak.”<\/p>\n
“The Russian bombers destroyed a command and control post and a large militants\u2019 field camp near the al-Sukhne, in addition to destroying terrorists\u2019 command posts, an underground ammunition depot, three infantry fighting vehicles, 12 cross country vehicles with large-caliber machineguns and also killing “a large number of the the terrorists,” the ministry said.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the raid, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov said that Russia\u2019s use of long-range bombers in Syria is \u201cour effective response\u201d to everyone who aims weapons against the friendly Syrian people.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that bombing with highly explosive ammunition is used to direct concentrated strikes in a certain area and is not common shelling but is meant to eliminate specific targets that have been discovered previously.<\/p>\n
Komoyedov noted that the Tu-22M3 bombers used in the raid against sites of terrorist organizations in Syria can carry a large load of bombs over long distances.<\/p>\n
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