Russian Tu-22M3 long-haul bombers delivered an airstrike on terrorists’ targets on the western bank of the Euphrates in Syria to destroy their command posts and manpower, the Russian defense ministry said on Friday.

Axar.az reports citing TASS.

"Six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, which took off from an airfield in Russia, delivered an airstrike on Islamic State (a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia) targets on the western bank of the Euphrates near the settlement of Abbas (the province of Deir ez-Zor)," the ministry said, adding that unmanned aerial vehicles recorded the results of the bombing.