Russian jets ‘hit 472 Islamic State targets’ in Syria in past two days

Moscow on Monday said its warplanes had hit 472 targets in war-torn Syria in the past two days, including tanker trucks and oil infrastructure in territory controlled by the Islamic State group. “In 141 combat sorties in the past two days, warplanes of the Russian airforce struck 472 terrorist targets in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Raqqa and Deir Ezzor,” the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. The military said that the latest strikes had destroyed 80 tanker trucks near the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, as well as a large oil storage tank and a oil refinery south of the city.

As always these (claims) are unfounded, without concrete details or facts, citing unnamed sources.

Russia defence ministry, responding to U.S. claims it was not targeting IS positions

The Russian defence ministry said last week that it was “hunting” oil transporters in a bid to cut IS financing and claimed that in the past five days some 1,000 fuel trucks had been destroyed. The Russian military claimed that “terrorists” had suffered “serious losses” in Saraqib, a city in the northwestern province of Idlib province, and in the town of Qalaat al-Madiq in the Hama province. President Vladimir Putin last week ordered the intensification of Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria after confirming that the Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai last month, killing all 224 people on board, had been brought down by a bomb.

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