Video - Russian Warships Launch 18 Cruise Missiles on Terrorist Targets in Syria.

Video - Russian Warships Launch 18 Cruise Missiles on Terrorist Targets in Syria.(SP)

" On November 20, warships of the Caspian Flotilla have launched 18 cruise missiles on seven [terrorist] targets in the provinces of Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo. All targets were destroyed," Shoigu said in a report to president Vladimir Putin.

According to Shoigu, ten ships are involved in Russia's military operations in Syria, six of them are in the Mediterranean Sea.

"In the past four days, Russia's strategic and tactical aviation carried out 522 combat sorties, a total of 101 air-and sea-based cruise missiles were launched, some 1,400 tonnes of bombs of various types were dropped."

He added that during the mission the operational range of Tu-160 strategic bombers from the Mediterranean was over 13,000 km. "A total of 826 enemy targets were destroyed," Shoigu added.

"Each day, 143 sorties are carried out. The sea fraction includes ten ships, six of which are in the Mediterranean Sea," the minister said.

"In accordance with your instructions, the [Russian] Armed Forces are carrying out a retaliation operation to destroy the leaders of terrorist organizations and their supporters, disorganize their control and logistics systems, as well as destroy ISIL military and oil and gas infrastructure."

The Russian Aerospace Forces are focused on undermining ISIL's financial base, the minister said.

"Main efforts are focused on destroying the ISIL financial and economic base. A total of 525 tank trucks and 15 storage and refinery facilities have been destroyed in the operation."

Russia's military action in Syria is carried out well, but is not enough to free the Arab Republic of terrorism and protect Russia from potential attacks, President Vladimir Putin said during a video conference with military commanders, thanking them for their work.

"The tasks are being carried out, and they are carried out well," Putin said Thursday.

"But this is so far not enough to clear Syria of fighters, terrorists, and shield Russia from possible terrorist attacks," the president added. "There is a lot of work ahead of us and I hope the next stages will be carried out just as professionally, and bring the expected results." Hmmm........Sounds like more is coming ground troops should not be excluded in the near future.

💥 Moscow claims to have destroyed mor than 600 terrorists in cruise missile hit on target in Deir ez-Zor, #Syria"

— Hasan Sari (@HasanSari7) November 20, 2015

💥 LBCI: Russia asked Lebanon to “divert civilian flights from Leb.airspace 2intl airspace” as of midnight,request made to several countries.

— Hasan Sari (@HasanSari7) November 20, 2015

@HasanSari7 Hmmmm.........#Hezbollah take part in the drill?

— MFS - The Other News (@MFS001) November 20, 2015