The announcement was made on Monday by the chief of the Main Operations Directorate of Russia’s General Staff, Sergey Rudskoy who pointed out that, “Planes of the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out 2,010 sorties, delivering 5,850 air strikes on control points, weapons and ammunition depots, transshipment bases and camps for training gunmen.”
He also said that representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry and Syria’s opposition have agreed parameters of the de-escalation zone in Eastern Ghouta, two checkpoints and four observation points have already been deployed there.
“Thus, thanks to the measures taken by Russia, hostilities have been stopped in Syria’s two major areas,” Rudskoi stressed.
According to the Rudskoi, Russia’s aerospace forces will continue their operation in Syria until that country is liberated from terrorists.
“The operation to liberate Syria from terrorist groups ISIS and al-Nusra Front will be continued,” he said, adding that any attempts taken by terrorists and their accomplices to reverse the reconciliation process will be squashed.
The establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria has helped the government forces to release forces for fight against terrorists, Rudskoy said.
According to earlier reports, Russian, Iranian, and Turkish delegations to the talks in Astana reached an agreement on the establishment of four de-escalation zones in Syria.
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