Russia pounds Syria for third day running

Russia continues its pounding of Syria for the third straight day of heavy bombing blitz as strategic bombers struck ISIS strongholds, military officials informed.

Russia sharply raised its intensity this week on President Vladimir Putin’s orders since it began to conduct air strikes in Syria since September 30th.
The Russian President told its military to step up attacks after it was confirmed that the ill-fated Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board was downed by a bomb, which ISIS promptly claimed responsibility for.
Read also: Three arrested over murder of blogger in Bangladesh

Overall, Russian warplanes flew 126 combat sorties Wednesday, and on Thursday, more than 100 sorties are to be flown, Kartapolov said.

Early Thursday, the Tu-95 strategic bombers launched 12 long-range cruise missiles on IS targets, including its headquarters in the province of Idlib, fuel depots and a factory making explosives, he said.

A squadron of Tu-22M3 long-range bombers on Thursday struck six facilities in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir el Zour, hitting IS oil refineries, an ammunition depot and a facility manufacturing and repairing mortars, Col. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov of the Russian military General Staff.

RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now