The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed on Friday to have killed the "terrorists" that mortared its Hmeymim air base in Syria on December 31, which killed two airmen and reportedly destroyed 7 jets.
"During the final stage of the operation a Russian Special Operations unit located the base camp of the militant saboteur group near the western border of Idlib province," the MoD said, according to RT . "As the terrorists arrived at the location, the entire group was eliminated with a high-precision 'Krasnopol' weapon as they were about to board a minibus."
The defense ministry released a video of the strike:
Russia has also now claimed a victory following a swarm of drone attacks last week that targeted Hmeymim air base and Tartus Naval Facility overnight on January 5 and January 6. Moscow claimed to have successfully repelled the attack.
The MoD claimed on Friday to have struck a depot in Idlib province where drones were assembled and stored with the same Krasnopol projectile.
"The Russian military reconnaissance has uncovered a terrorist fixed-wing drone assembly and storage place in the province of Idlib. The depot has been destroyed by the Krasnopol precision artillery munition," the defense ministry said, according to TASS .
The defense ministry also released a video of the Krasnopol strike on the UAV depot:
Russia offers confusing explanation for drone attacks
While the videos could easily be authentic, Russia has been known to release fake videos. In November, Russia released a video supposedly showing US troops helping ISIS fighters, but in fact was a video game.
Russia has repeatedly insinuated that the rebels who carried out the drone attack on its military bases in Syria had help from the US, Turkey, and even Ukraine.
Moscow has claimed that the drones, which were made of wood, tape and lawn mower engines, were too sophisticated and operated from too far a distance to have been executed by themselves.