"As soon as our pilot was safe, Russian bombers and rocket artillery of the Syrian government forces delivered massive strikes at the mentioned area," Konashenkov said.
"Terrorists and other mysterious groups acting in the area were destroyed," he said.
The spokesman added that militants and other armed units equipped with advanced devices tried to hunt down the navigator of the downed Russian Sukhoi-24M jet.
"I’d like to stress that apart from our search teams, the militants and other armed units equipped with devices for bearings were actively searching for the Russian pilot [who had managed to eject - TASS]," Gen Konashenkov said.
He recalled that the operation to track down and rescue the Russian pilot on the night from November 24 to November 25 lasted more than twelve hours.
"For the reasons that are clearly understandable, we can’t disclose all the details of that operation," Gen Konashenkov said.
According to Konashenkov, Russian aircraft have made 134 sorties over the past three days, attacking nearly 450 targets in eight Syrian provinces.
On November 23-26, Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft have carried out 134 sorties at 449 facilities in the provinces of Aleppo, Damascus, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Rakka and Deir-ez-Zor," Konashenkov said.
After carrying out military tasks, all Russian combat aircraft safely returned to the Khmeimim airbase, he said....
[tass.ru]
26/11/15
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