Russian military in the past 24 hours has down five enemy drones reportedly targeting its Khmeimim Air Base in Syria.
Russia has confirmed that its Air Defense units brought down the drones in a wake of intensifies drones attacks by the militants in the recent weeks.
The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were launched from the militant-held area in the Idlib de-escalation zone.
The hostile unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down not far from the base and the incident caused no injuries or damage, the head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov added.
On Sunday 12/8/2018, the Russian military repelled two drone attacks at a safe distance from the base while On Saturday 11/8/2018 a drone, reportedly carrying explosives, was downed as it approached to Khmeimim Air Base, also from the militant-held de-escalation zone in Idlib.
The most large-scale assault on Khmeimim took place in January this year with at least 10 militant drones attacking the area. Another three targeted the Russian maritime logistics point in the city of Tartus. Many of those UAVs were downed by the Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft weapon system.
