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Russia Conducts 32 Airstrikes on Daesh Oil Refineries in Syria in 2 Months

Sputnik News

15:47 02.12.2015(updated 18:24 02.12.2015)

During the last two months the aircraft of Russian Aerospace Forces launched strikes against 32 oil complexes and 11 oil refineries controlled by Daesh (also known as ISIL), Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told the press.

There is no real success in the fight against Daesh without cutting its channels of financing, according to Russia's Defense Ministry.

"The Russian Aerospace Forces target enemy oil storage, refining and transportation facilities. During the last two months Russian aircraft carried out airstrikes against 32 oil refinery complexes, 11 oil refineries and 23 oil pumping stations. We also managed to destroy 1080 oil tanker trucks. These measures effectively halved the illegal oil production output in Syria," Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said.

The number of oil tanker trucks from Daesh (also known as the Islamic State) and whose activities are banned in Russia, has considerably decreased since the beginning of Russian Aerospace Forces airstrikes, the head of the Russian General Staff's operative command said Wednesday.

'At least 1,722 fuel trucks along roadside parking areas have been discovered using equipment from the [Russian] space reconnaissance. It should be noted that since the beginning of airstrikes by Russian airplanes against facilities of the oil infrastructure in the hands of the Daesh, the number of fuel trucks at parking areas has considerably decreased,' Sergei Rudskoy noted.

Conservative estimates have showen the terrorists' daily oil revenue has fallen from $3 million to $1.5 million following Russia's airstrikes.

Russia has been carrying out an air campaign in the Arab republic at the request of the Syrian leadership since September 30.

The General Staff headquarters chief provided space surveillance photographs demonstrating that Daesh currently transports up to 200,000 barrels of oil for processing to third-party countries including Turkey.

Rudskoy further pledged that comprehensive information detailing Daesh-controlled oil facilities in Syria would be published on the Russian Defense Ministry website after the briefing.

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