Russia launched rocket strikes on ISIL group targets in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea - about 1,500km (930 miles) away.

Russia launched rocket strikes on ISIL group targets in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea - about 1,500km (930 miles) away.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has published a video of its warships firing cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea to hit the positions of Takfiri ISIL group (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) in Syria.

“[Last] night the ship strike group of the Russian Navy, consisting of the Dagestan missile ship, the small-sized missile ships Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich and Veliky Ustyug launched cruise missiles against ISIL infrastructural facilities in Syria from the assigned district of the Caspian Sea,” the ministry said in a comment under the video.

According to the ministry, the Russian military attack was conducted “by high-precision ship missile systems Kalibr NK, the cruise missiles of which engaged all the assigned targets successfully and with high accuracy.”

Moscow launched its military operation against ISIL terrorists at the request of the Syrian government on September 30. Since the start of the operation, the Russian military have destroyed at least 112 objects belonging to Takfiris.

Among them are 19 commanding points, 12 ammunition depots, 71 armored vehicles and six factories that produced explosive devices, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Wednesday.