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text: on tuesday russian admiral kuznetsov aircraftcarrying cruiser began combat operations in syria russian defense minister sergei shoigu said 
  shoigu said russian frigate admiral grigorovich launched missiles on terrorist targets in syria sputnik reported 
  today we started a major operation to launch massive strikes on isil and alnusra front also known as fatah alsham front targets in the idlib and homs provinces in syria shoigu said at a meeting with the ministrys leadership and defense enterprises 
  for the first time in history of russian navy admiral kuznetsov aircraftcarrying cruiser has begun military operations shoigu said 
  russian naval task force in syria is reliably protected by bastion coastal defense missile systems and pantsir systems the minister said 
  russian admiral grigorovich frigate targeted terrorists in syria with kalibr cruise missile strikes russian defense minister sergei shoigu said on tuesday 
  today we started a largescale operation on launching massive strikes on isil and alnusra front targets in the idlib and homs provinces in syria shoigu said sputnik reported 
  according to him admiral grigorovich frigate bastion coastal missile systems and for the first time in history of the russian naval forces admiral kuznetsov aircraftcarrying cruiser take part in the military operation 
  admiral grigorovich frigate takes part in the operation today it launched kalibr cruise missiles on terrorist targets that had been confirmed by intelligence data and determined in advance the minister said at a meeting of russian president vladimir putin with top officials of the russian armed forces