MOSCOW: Russian government announced to ramp up its aerial campaign following recently claimed achievement that forced some 600 “militants” to abandon their positions and head to Europe.
A senior official with the General Staff, Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, told foreign news agency that Russian fighther jets had made more than 60 sorties over 50 IS targets during first three days of aerial campaign.
Colonel Kartapolov claimed that Russian intelligence showed that IS militants were fleeing from areas under their control and now they were finding their way into Europe.
He added that Russia will not only continue the strikes by our air force but also will increase their intensity as material and technical resources of the terrorists were undermined to significantly reduce combat potential of militancy.
Russian forces managed to destroy IS command posts, warehouses storing ammunition and explosives, communication hubs, training camps as well as “mini-factories that made weapons for suicide bombers”, he claimed.
On the other hand, the United States and its allies slammed Moscow’s intervention, accusing the Kremlin of seeking to buttress Syria’s embattled leader Bashar al-Assad and targeting moderate rebels.
