MOSCOW. Jan 18 (Interfax) - Russian military officials have evaluated the first joint operation of the combat aviation of Russia and Turkey in suburbs of the populated locality of al-Bab in Syria's Aleppo Governorate as highly efficient.
"An evaluation of the first results of strikes against terrorists of ISIL [terrorist group banned in Russia] showed a high efficiency of joint actions of the Russian and Turkish air task forces," Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Main Operative Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.
He said that nine attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, including four Sukhoi Su-24Ms, four Su-25s and a Su-34 bomber, as well as eight Turkish Air Force aircraft, namely four F-16s and four F-4s, are involved in the air operation, which has been agreed upon with the Syrian side.
"A total of 36 sites are being struck," Rudskoi said.