On Wednesday, May 22, the militants fired four shells from the rocket launcher in the direction of the Russian Hmeimim airbase in Syria. It is reported by the Ministry of Defense.

“At about 19:00 on May 22, the militants launched four projectiles from multiple rocket launchers in the direction of Hmeimim airbase. All missiles were promptly detected by Russian air defense weapons and destroyed, ”the department said.

It is noted that the launcher of the militants in the Idlib de-escalation zone was destroyed by a point strike from the Air and Space Forces of Russia (VKS).

The Defense Ministry also reported that Syrian government troops, with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces, continue to repel attacks by Jabhat al-Nusra * terrorists in the southern regions of the Idlib de-escalation zone.

So, since the evening of May 22, the militants are trying to seize the village of Kafr Nbud from the east, fighting continues. According to the military, to date, the terrorists have lost two tanks, three installations of multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), as well as more than 140 militants.

In addition, on the evening of May 22, terrorists attempted to break through the positions of government troops in the area of ​​settlements Medan and El Haush. These locations are located to the west and east of the attacked Kafr Nbud settlement, respectively.

Up to 200 militants, two infantry fighting vehicles, as well as nine pickups with heavy machine guns took part in the attack.

“With the onset of the dark time of day, having lost more than 40 people killed, one infantry fighting vehicle and two pick-up trucks, the terrorists retreated,” the agency said.

In addition, two terrorist drones attacked the Zara power plant, located northwest of the city of Ham.

“Five improvised bombs were dropped on the power plant building. The power plant suffered minor damage, there were no victims and injured. One militant UAV shot down by Syrian troops, "- said in a statement the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The power station returned to work as early as Thursday, May 23. This was stated by RIA Novosti with reference to the Minister of Electricity of Syria, Zuhair Harbutli.

"Minister Harbutli announced, while at the station, about the resumption of her work and connecting to the public grid after the repair, which lasted all night," - said in a statement.

Massive terrorist attacks in Idlib

Recall the terrorists from the de-escalation zone in Idlib are attacking the positions of government troops. The terrorists of the Hayat Tahrir ash-Sham group * conduct attacks from the evening of May 21, the Defense Ministry said earlier.

According to the ministry, in the course of the attacks, extremists use armored vehicles, multiple rocket launchers and jihadmobiles. On the morning of May 22, three massive attacks on the village of Kafr Nbuda were repelled.

They were attended by about 500 militants, seven tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, about 30 pickups with heavy machine guns and two cars with explosives, driven by suicide bombers. When repelling these attacks, 150 militants, three tanks, more than 20 pick-ups and two jihadmobiles were eliminated.

In addition, on May 22, the militants fired 17 missiles at the Russian base, six of which did not reach the object, and the remaining nine were shot down by the base’s on-duty defenders.

It is noted that since May 18, the Syrian armed forces unilaterally ceased firing in the Idlib de-escalation zone, but the militants continued shelling of positions of government troops.

Moscow noted an increase in tensions in the Idlib area. This was announced during the weekly briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

“From the end of April to the present, we are celebrating a dangerous increase in tensions around the Idlib de-escalation zone, where there is the greatest concentration of terrorists at the Hyatt Tahrir ash-Sham,” Zakharova said.

At the same time, she noted that the attacks of the Syrian government forces and the VKS of the Russian Federation are carried out only on confirmed positions of terrorists.

“The attacks of the Syrian armed forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces are carried out exclusively on terrorist-confirmed targets,” Zakharova said. “There can be no talk of any peaceful coexistence with them.”

* “Khayat Tahrir ash-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath ash-Sham”, “Front an-Nusra”, “Jabhat an-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014