Russia's ministry of defence released video on Thursday (March 31) of Russian military helicopters and jets hitting Islamic State facilities in the Syrian city of Palmyra.
Among the targets destroyed by Russian MI28 helicopters and jets were an armoured vehicle, an ammunition depot and buildings belonging to to IS, the ministry said.
Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday (March 27), inflicting what the army called a mortal blow to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited parts of its ancient temples.
The loss of Palmyra represents one of the biggest setbacks for the ultra-hardline Islamist group since it declared a caliphate in 2014 across large parts of Syria and Iraq.
