“Indeed, our military saw American planes in the zone, saw drones in the zone that could work there,” Peskov said.
According to him, "if indeed this information is confirmed about the elimination of al-Baghdadi, then in general we can talk about the serious contribution of the President of the United States of America to the fight against international terrorism."
Earlier, US leader Donald Trump announced the elimination of al-Baghdadi during a special operation in northeast Syria.
In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the agency does not have reliable information about the US military conducting an operation to destroy the leader of the Islamic State.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.