The aircraft of the Russian Federation set up a new record on number of departures in Syria

Planes of the Russian aviagroup in Syria made 88 fighting departures, having struck blows to 86 objects of Islamists. The official representative of the Ministry of Defence of Russia reported about it major general Igor Konashenkov, reports "Interfax".

According to him, blows were put in Rakk’s provinces, the Boor, Idlib, Latakia and Aleppo on command points, field staffs to warehouses of ammunition and arms, to congestions of military equipment, plants on production of explosives, field camps and bases of fighters.

In the province of Aleppo the blow of corrected air bombs KAB-500 from Su-24M planes destroyed two field staffs of group «Islamic state» (YOKES, it is forbidden in Russia).

At present this record number of fighting departures in Syria. The previous record from October 8 made 67 fighting departures.

The Russian air operation in Syria, starting on September 30, sharply became more active since October 8-9. From this time the number of daily fighting departures of the Russian planes increased from 16-25 in previous days to 55 and is higher in the subsequent.

The structure of the air group placed on air base Hmeymim near Latakia, includes four fighters Su-30CM, six Su-34 bombers, on 12 Su-24M bombers and attack planes of Su-25CM, and also more than 20 helicopters of different types. Armed forces of the Russian Federation act under the order of the president of the country of Vladimir of Putin who has received a request for the military help from official Damascus.