Russian Aerospace Forces have already destroyed nearly 1,900 objects of ISIS in Syria this week

February 12

17:07 2016

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From 4 to 11 February, Russian aviation attacked nearly 1,900 objects of Syrian terrorists in the course of 510 operational flights, the official representative of the Defense Ministry of Russia Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday.

“Over the past week, from 4 to 11 February, Russian aviation accomplished 510 operational flights in the Syrian Arab Republic, in the course of which 1888 objects of terrorists in Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Raqqa were destroyed,” Konashenkov told “RIA “Novosti”.

In addition, Russian military aircraft delivered humanitarian aid to the besieged by ISIS city of Deir ez-Zor.

The cargo fixed on the parachute platform P-7 was landed Wednesday night from height of 4000 meters in the government-controlled areas of Deir-ez-Zor: the administrative center of the same-name province in the northeast of the Arab Republic. Its total weight exceeded 50 tons.

30 September, Russian Aerospace Forces began conducting air operation in Syria at the request of the President Bashar al-Assad, to make targeted air strikes on the positions of ISIS.