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Russia says another group of its warplanes flies back from Syria

Published: 16 Mar 2016 - 09:09 am | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 07:54 am
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Participants attend a ceremony to welcome Russian military jets and pilots upon their arrival from Syria at an airbase in Buturlinovka in Voronezh region, Russia, in this still image taken from video March 15, 2016. REUTERS/ Russian Ministry of Defence via

 

MOSCOW: Another group of Russian warplanes has taken off from the Hmeimim airbase in Syria, flying back to their permanent bases in Russia, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The warplanes included an Il-76 transport plane as well as Su-25 jets, it added.

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