Daily Mail: Russia launches CRUISE MISSILES 'at ISIS' from warships 900 miles away as Syrian ground troops begin major offensive supported by Putin's bombers
* Four warships based in Caspian Sea launched 26 strikes on 11 ISIS targets
* Russian defence minister insists the missiles did not hit any civilian areas
* Comes as Assad's troops pushed into two provinces backed by jet strikes
* ISIS does not hold any territory in the areas where the fighting is underway
* U.S. NATO chief praises Russia's 'impressive' military presence in Syria
Russian warships joined the conflict in Syria with a volley of cruise missile attacks on Islamic State as Syrian government troops launched a major ground offensive supported by Moscow air strikes.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Vladimir Putin in televised remarks that four ships based 900 miles away in the Caspian Sea had launched 26 missiles - and claimed they would strike 11 ISIS targets.
Video released by the Russian Defence Ministry shows the warships launching the missiles which Shoigu insisted destroyed all the targets and did not hit any civilian areas.
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