GETTY Putin's airstrike campaign has obliterated at least 110 targets in just over a week

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Russia's bombings have weakened the morale of militants and have sent thousands on the run, according to the country's defence ministry. The Russian President has ordered 120 combat sorties which have hit 110 jihadi hotspots over seven days, destroying ISIS headquarters, training camps, armoured vehicles and ammunition. Russian airstrikes are said to have hit 71 armoured vehicles, 30 other vehicles, 19 command facilities, 2 communication centres, 23 depots with fuel and ammunition, 6 plants used to make car bombs, several artillery pieces and training camps. The targets were spread across Syria, from ISIS stronghold Raqqa in the northeast to the ancient city of Palmyra.

Andrei Kartapolov, from the Russian army, has vowed to ramp up the pressure on ISIS. He said: "We will not only continue strikes…We will also increase their intensity." Russia launched its airstrike campaign in Syria to destroy the evil terrorist group on September 30. Mr Putin has dispatched his most elite special forces team to the war-torn country to hunt down ISIS militants.

Soldiers from his fearsome Spetsnaz unit have already been deployed to root out and eliminate packs of fleeing jihadis. The move is the latest example of the leader's determination to wipe out the jihadis. Mr Putin is also preparing to send 150,000 ground troops to Syria to destroy ISIS. The Russian supremo is reportedly mounting an enormous military mission to take control of ISIS stronghold Raqqa. The city is the self-declared ISIS capital in Syria and is patrolled by as many as 5,000 jihadis.

GETTY Putin's bid to wipe out ISIS has hit over 110 targets

Mr Putin's relentless bombing campaign aims to prevent extremists from keeping pressure on his staunch ally Basahr al-Assad's government forces. Extremists have been launching constant raids and terrorist attacks and Moscow hope to give the Syrian Army respite to regroup and launch an offensive. The intense airstrikes are reportedly sparking off panic among some groups of militants. Russia is already escalating its effort after a week of fighting in Syria, with the Russian navy firing dozens of cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea at terrorists targets in Syria. It is understood Iraq may soon invite Russia to start attacking ISIS militants on Iraqi soil.

IG The city is the self-declared ISIS capital in Syria and is patrolled by as many as 5,000 jihadis

Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov confirmed successful raids on terrorist tarts on Monday, saying: "Over the past 24 hours, Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-24M fighter jets have performed 20 sorties and hit nine Islamic State installations “A bunker-busting BETAB-500 air bomb dropped from a Sukhoi Su-34 bomber near Raqqa has eliminated the command post of one of the terror groups, together with an underground storage facility for explosives and munitions. "These and other highly exact means of attack in recent days have been used to target objects of Islamic State terrorists. "Command posts, stores of weapons and oil products, workshops where weapons of suicide bombers are made." Mr Putin is said to be poised to mobilise 150,000 reservists conscripted into the Russian army earlier this week.