Terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra (outlawed in Russia) tried to attack Russia’s Hmeymim Airbase in Syria with a multiple launch rocket system. The air defense alert force repelled the attack, the Russian Defense Ministry told journalists on Monday. This reported by TASS.

"On the evening of May 19 terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra tried to attack the Russian airbase Hmeymim with a multiple launch rocket system. At about 20:00 the terrorists launched six projectiles from the Idlib de-escalation zone on the Russian airbase. The air defense alert force destroyed all the projectiles," the Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said that no destruction or victims were reported at the Hmeymim Airbase and that it continues to operate in a regular mode.

The Defense Ministry also reported that Russia’s air defense forces shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during a terrorists’ attack on the Hmeyimim airbase in Syria.

The terrorists’ drones approached the Hmeymim airbase from the northern and the northeastern directions, the Defense Ministry said.

"The Russian airbase’s alert air defense forces destroyed all the terrorists’ drones at a considerable distance from the airbase," the ministry said.