The Russian Navy hit a number of ISIL targets at the area of Syria’s Palmyra with Kalibr cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

It is noted that the strikes targeted militant hideouts east of Palmyra housing heavy equipment and militant manpower transferred from Raqqa, ISIL’s stronghold in northern Syria.

“The Russian Navy’s Admiral Essen frigate and Krasnodar submarine performed a launch of four Kalibr cruise missiles from the eastern Mediterranean against the targets of the ISIL terrorist groups in the area of Palmyra,” the ministry said. “All targets have been struck.”

The US, Turkish and Israeli militaries have been warned in advance, the ministry noted.

“The US, Turkish and Israeli commands were informed in a timely manner of the cruise missile launches through the operational channels of interaction,” the ministry said in a statement.

For his part, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has informed President Vladimir Putin of the successful Kalibr cruise missile strikes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“Shoigu briefed Putin on the series of successful launches of Kalibr missiles performed from a submarine in the Mediterranean on ISIL targets in Syria,” Peskov said, noting that it took place late on Tuesday.

Source: Sputnik