Russian warships joined the conflict in Syria with a volley of cruise missile attacks on Islamic Stateas Syrian government troops launched a major ground offensive supported by Moscow air strikes.
Russian
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Vladimir Putin in televised remarks
that four ships based 900 miles away in the Caspian Sea had launched 26
missiles – and claimed they would strike 11 ISIS targets.
Video
released by the Russian Defence Ministry shows the warships launching
the missiles which Shoigu insisted destroyed all the targets and did not
hit any civilian areas.
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