Russian Aerospace Forces carried out 14 airstrikes against Daesh positions near Al Mayadin city in Deir ez-Zor in Syria, killing 70 Daesh militants, TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

Two pairs of Sukhoi-34 bombers were commissioned to hit the targets, as 14 consecutive strikes were made, Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said.

Objective monitoring means confirmed the destruction of four tanks, three armored personnel carriers, nine off-road vehicles armed with heavy machine guns and two multiple rocket launchers. Fifty terrorists were killed and another 30 sealed off in the underground tunnels, Konashenkov said.