Russian October 5 aircraft destroyed about twenty T-55 tanks, which the militants seized from the Syrian army. An air strike was inflicted in the east of the province of Homs near the city of Tadmor (Palmyra).
Another flight of Russian aviation - to the city of Idlib - led to the fact that thirty units of automobile and armored vehicles, including tanks, were destroyed.
Russian aircraft also destroyed the headquarters and control center of the Islamic State militants, the Russian military department reports.
A total of fifteen sorties were made on ten objects. As a result of direct hits of the adjustable bombs, the objects were destroyed.
Russian aviation conducts bombing in Syria with 30 September 2015.
According to CNN sources at the PentagonRussia is preparing to conduct a ground operation in Syria, as allegedly evidenced by the transfer of troops and the supply of weapons to the country. Sources believe that if the ground operation begins, it will be directed against the rebels, and not against the "Islamic state".
The Defense Ministry claims that the bombing targets are exclusively terrorist positions, but
NATO accuses Russia of killing civilians and calls for an “immediate end to attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians,” to focus efforts on the fight against the Islamic State, and to promote a political resolution to the conflict.
In response to
Irian armed groupsfighting against the Syrian government army called on the states of the Middle East to create an alliance against Russia and Iran. The corresponding statement was signed by representatives of the 41 organization.
Also
dozens of clergymen of saudi arabia called for a jihad against the Syrian authorities, as well as Russia and Iran, supporting the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The statement, signed by 53 religious leaders, refers to the "moral, material, political and military" support for opponents of Assad.