A Russian bomber dropping an unguided bomb over Syria. Минобороны России via Youtube

After the surprise announcement that Russia would withdraw its forces from Syria, Russian Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev claimed that "not a single bombing raid missed the target."

Russia's bombing campaign, which began September 30, was ostensibly intended to target ISIS, but it soon became clear that the bulk of the Russian airstrikes targeted rebel-held territories in Syria.

Throughout the campaign, Russia's own Ministry of Defense footage has shown the country's bombers releasing "dumb bombs," or unguided munitions.

This is in stark contrast to the US-led coalition's bombing campaign, which exclusively uses guided munitions to minimize collateral damage among civilian populations.

But more than just using unguided munitions, which can simply be blown off target by strong winds, Russia has been accused of using internationally banned cluster munitions in civilian areas. It has also been linked to bombings of hospitals.

In fact, Russia's airstrikes on civilians have been so prolific that NATO commander Philip Breedlove posited that terrorizing civilian-rich areas was actually an intentional tactic by Russia to exacerbate and even "weaponize" the Syrian refugee crisis against Europe.

A civil-defense member seen October 7 gathering unexploded cluster bombs that activists say were fired by the Russian air force at Maasran town, in the south of Idlib province, Syria. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Simply put, the only way Russia could have hit 100% of its targets in Syria would be if its target were the ground.

Even so, many of the bombs, and bomblets from cluster munitions, did not detonate upon hitting the ground and will pose a threat to the Syrian people long after the bombing campaign has ended.