GETTY Putin's forces destroyed 49 targets in the last day

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The defence ministry said the buildings and vehicles hit were located in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia and Hama. It added that a command point of the Nusra Front was destroyed in the Idlib province in 33 sorties in 24 hours. Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Major-General Igor Konashenkov, said the strikes had taken out: Two command centres of illegal armed groups

Three ammunition and armament depots

Two underground bunkers

32 firing positions in mountain-woodland areas

Nine fortified firing positions of illegal armed groups

A workshop used for [missile] launch pads and rocket projectiles

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He said the Russian airstrikes in Damascus had "crucially changed the operational situation in this region." Major-General Konashenkov added: "Near Duwayr al-Akrad, Latakia Province, a pair of Su-25 attack aircraft made two successive strikes with high-explosive bombs on a large ISIS training camp detected by means of Russian reconnaissance.

REUTERS A Syrian man holds up a picture of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

"The strikes completely destroyed the camp and all the training facilities. "Precision strikes by Russian combat aviation in the Damascus province have crucially changed the operational situation in this region. ISIS militants are suffering a severe lack of ammunition and are leaving their positions in large numbers. Last night, reconnaissance registered the retreat of several large detachments, each about 100-strong, in the direction of Marj al-Sultan." The latest figures come after a Syrian MP claimed Russia had destroyed more terror targets in 15 days than US armed forces managed in a year of raids.

REUTERS One of the 49 airstrikes which took place in the last day

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GETTY Photo of the damage caused to Aleppo from a recent airstrike