The killing of a top figure in the terrorist group of ISIL, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, was the result of an airstrike conducted by a Russian Su-34 bomber, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday according to RT.

The death of al-Adnani in a bombing in the Syrian province of Aleppo was earlier confirmed by the terrorist organization itself.

In an airstrike conducted on Tuesday, the Su-34 targeted a group of ISIL fighters numbering about 40 people, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Source: RT