© Russian Defense Ministry press service/TASS
December 03, 18:34 updated at: December 03,
18:44UTC+3
The warplanes hit militants’ munitions
depots, command posts, manpower and hardware
MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. Six Russian Tu-22M3 long-haul
bombers delivered an airstrike on Islamic State (a terrorist organization
outlawed in Russia) targets in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, the Russian
defense ministry said on Sunday.
"On December 3, 2017, six Tu-22M3 long-haul bombers
that took off from an airfield in Russia delivered an airstrike on Islamic
State terrorists’ targets in the southeast of province of Deir ez-Zor,"
the ministry said.
According to the ministry, the warplanes hit militants’
munitions depots, command posts, manpower and hardware.
Su-30SM fighter jets based at the Khmeimim airdrome
provided backing for the bombers in Syria’s airspace. The Russian bomber
returned safely to their home bases after the mission.
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