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| Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov |
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed 12 strikes had hit ISIS and "other terrorist groups".
Russian aircraft began bombing sites in the war-torn country on Wednesday after Moscow approved air strikes aimed at degrading ISIS and propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
According to the Kremlin's own analysis, its planes had only struck ISIS targets, with the command and communication centres completely destroyed.
Russian Su-25M and Su-25 jets made 20 sorties with more likely to follow in the coming days.
It comes as ground war escalated in the country, with Iran and Hezbollah revealing troops had entered in support of Assad.
There were also reports Vladimir Putin, who this week signed a decree drafting 150,000 troops to the military, was preparing for soldiers to enter on the ground but this has been denied by Moscow. » | Tom Batchelor | Wednesday, September 30, 2015
