Strategic Bombers Are Attacking in Syria
We start the program with a new powerful blow by the Russian VKS on the terrorist bases in Syria: strategic Tu-95MS bombers, after flying nearly 7,000 km, launched cruise missiles at the targets in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor and Idlib. The attack was sudden, and ISIS units didn't manage to leave their fortifications. Command posts, areas of military equipment storage, and munition depots have been destroyed. Our correspondent, Alexey Baranov, is currently at the airfield from which the bombers flew to their tactical assignments.
The planes are leaving the ground with a combat load, as the pilots say. And are heading towards... Ahead is more than a 9 hour flight. 7,000 km. The route is coordinated with the governments of the countries over which it passes. In the airspace of Syria, the strategic missile carriers are escorted by Su-30 and Su-35 fighters, which are stationed at the Khmeimim air base.
The strikes caused by the latest cruise missiles Kh-101 have reached their targets. A direct building hit, and the scale of the subsequent explosion leaves no doubt: a large ammunition depot was destroyed. A sudden blow destroyed the command posts of terrorists, concentrations of militants and equipment, as well as ammunition depots.
The objective control data confirm that all targets have been hit. Video footage from Russia's Ministry of Defence drones continues to arrive even after the strategic missile carriers, having completed the task, flew towards the airbase. The analysis of the received video is leaving the specialists impressed. I would like to draw your attention that in the photographs of the ISIS strong points, occupied by the US special forces and Kurdish formations, there is absolutely no traces of military clashes, this all raises a question: with whom and against whom are the US special forces fighting in Syria?
At the same time, the Ministry of Defence emphasizes: Russian VKS never strike at populated settlements. Compared to this, the death of civilians in Syria after US led coalition airplane attacks is indeed a war crime.
Air tankers also rise into the air at intervals of several minutes. Refueling in the air is already planned on the way back. After completion of the combat mission, Russian missile carriers returned to their permanent bases. Alexey Baranov, Alexander Malishev, and Nikita Korunov. From Saratov Region — Vesti.