Russia, which has conducted an, sharply raised the intensity starting Tuesday following confirmation that, which ISIS said it had planted.
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Russia is showing compassion for Paris after last week’s terrorist attacks, as the military is photographed writing “For Paris” and “For Ours” on bombs before loading them onto Russian war planes heading to Syria for continued air strikes against ISIS, according to The Scotsman.
Russian Federation has also doubled the number of jets it has based in government-held territory in Syria to 69 over the past few days, Shoigu said.
Overall, Russian warplanes flew 126 combat sorties Wednesday, and on Thursday, more than 100 sorties are to be flown, Kartapolov said. Russian long-range bombers and navy ships have launched 101 cruise missiles in four days, including 18 fired Friday by Russian navy ships from the Caspian Sea.
He said earlier that Russian warplanes were focusing their strikes on the IS’ oil production and refining facilities as well as oil trucks.
“In accordance with [Putin’s] order, the district’s troops, parts of the aviation forces of other military districts, the air-borne troops and military transportation aviation has been put on “Full Military Readiness” beginning at 9:30 a.m. Moscow time [06:30 GMT]”, Shoigu said during a high level Defense Ministry meeting. The call followed Putin’s order to the military to co-operate with the French “like with allies”.
The increased Russian activity against Islamic State militants follows Moscow’s determination that a MetroJet-operated Airbus A321 which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai province on 31 October, killing 224 passengers and crew, was brought down by a bomb.
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French President Francois Hollande will visit Washington and Moscow next week for talks on pooling USA, Russian and French efforts against IS.
