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Russian navy launches missile attacks on ISIS positions
Two Russian Navy warships and a submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles on ISIL targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.“The Russian Navy’s Admiral Essen, Admiral Grigorovich frigates and Krasnodar submarine launched six Kalibr cruise missiles from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea on ISIL terrorist group targets in Syria,” the ministry said in a statement. It added that the Krasnodar submarine performed a submerged launch of the cruise missiles. The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the remaining ISIL positions in Syria following sea launches of six Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. “The remaining Daesh (ISIL) terrorist fighters and targets have been destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces bombers’ airstrikes,” the ministry said in a statement. The Russian military had informed Turkey and the Zionist entity in advance of Russian Navy Kalibr cruise missile launches on ISIL targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “The commands of Turkey and Israel were informed in a timely manner of the cruise missile launches through channels of interaction,” the ministry said in a statement. “As a result of a surprise saturation missile attack, Daesh command posts, as well as large ammunition depots, have been destroyed in the vicinity of the town of Akerbat in the province of Hama, where a militant arsenal detonated after a pinpoint hit by the Kalibr cruise missile,” the ministry said in a statement. Source: Sputnik Posted by: badanov 2017-06-24 |
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