Russian Tu-22M3 bombers hit ISIS position

Published on 15 Jul 2016

Russian Aerospace Forces intensified strikes on facilities of armed formations of international terrorist organizations near Palmyra.

This morning, 6 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers took off from airfields in the Russian Federation and carried out the second strike on newly detected ISIS objects located to the east from Palmyra, and near al- Sukhnah, Araq, and T-3 oil transfer station in the Homs province.

Strikes caused elimination of command centre, ISIS field training camp, 2 oil refuelling facilities, a lot of manpower and military hardware of the enemy.

All aircraft have successfully returned to their bases after performing assigned tasks.