More than 200 populated localities have been liberated from ISIS during the Russian Aerospace Forces‘ operation in Syria, head of the General Staff‘s main operative department Sergei Rudskoi said on Jan. 15.

„During 100 days of the operation carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria, 217 populated localities have been liberated from ISIS and more than 1,000 square kilometers of land have been freed,“ Rudskoi said at a press briefing at the Russian Defense Ministry.