The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed on Friday to have killed the "terrorists" that mortared its Hmeymim air base in Syria on December 31, which killed two airmen and reportedly destroyed 7 jets.
"During the final stage of the operation a Russian Special Operations unit located the base camp of the militant saboteur group near the western border of Idlib province," the MoD said, according to RT . "As the terrorists arrived at the location, the entire group was eliminated with a high-precision 'Krasnopol' weapon as they were about to board a minibus."
The defense ministry released a video of the strike:
Russia has also now claimed a victory following a swarm of drone attacks last week that targeted hmeymim air base and rartus Naval Facility overnight on January 5 and January 6. Moscow claimed to have successfully repelled the attack.