He noted that as a result of air strikes and cruise missiles, a total of 133,542 terrorist facilities were destroyed, including 400 illegal oil refineries and 4,100 tankers.
“865 gang leaders and more than 133 thousand militants were liquidated, including 4.5 thousand militants from the Russian Federation and the CIS countries,” Shoigu said.
He noted that the task set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Russian President Vladimir Putin five years ago, was "fully completed."
Shoigu said that the terrorist organization "Islamic State" * in Syria ceased to exist, while not a single terrorist entered Russia.
Earlier, the military of Russia and Turkey held a joint training in Syria.
* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.