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When the Russian aircraft was inflicted on the positions of the Islamic State in the area of ​​the ancient city of Palmir in Syria, a historical monument could be damaged in Syria. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to the Syrian activist from Palmyra.

On Monday, at least eight airstrikes fell along the hill, where the old fortress is located. Clubs of smoke and dust rise from this area. Due to ongoing hostilities, it is impossible to evaluate what damage to the monument received. On Sunday, aviation inflicted a series of blows to the territory behind the fortress, the activist reports.

On Monday, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian aviation strikes were dealt in the Tadmore city. This is the Arab name of Palmyra. "In the Tadmore district, the Homs Province, the Su-25 attack aircraft was struck at the fortified ISIS militants. As a result of direct hits, fortifications, underground shelters, as well as the positions of anti-aircraft artillery of terrorists, on which two ZSU-23 installations were destroyed," Konashenkov said.

At the same time, in early October, Konashenkov categorically refuted the information of the media, which "distribute the obvious lie about the allegedly delivered by Russian military aircraft of air strikes in the city of Palmir." “I pay attention,” the representative of the Ministry of Defense said then, “that our aviation in Syria on settlements and especially architectural monuments is not used.”

The militants of the Islamic State took possession of the territory around Palmyra in mid -May. Since then, Islamists systematically destroy the monuments of antiquity , which they consider symbols of paganism. They have already destroyed two sanctuaries built two thousand years ago, the triumphal arch and other objects.

The Russian operation in Syria began on September 30. During this time, the Air Force planes made more than a thousand sorties. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that it strikes accurate blows from which the civilian population does not suffer. At the same time, civilian objects also suffer from the blows of Russian aviation, and civilians, including children, are dying and are injured.