MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Events unfolding in the Syrian city of Aleppo during Russia's humanitarian pause, including militant shelling on checkpoints, lend skepticism to the ability to form humanitarian convoys and deliver assistance to the local population, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
"All these days, checkpoints continued to be shelled, terrorist groups attacked main routes where humanitarian supplies could be delivered, primarily Castello," Peskov told journalists. "All of this, of course, makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to form humanitarian convoys. Therefore, since the separation of terrorist groups from the so-called moderate opposition has not taken place, one can wonder whether it is possible at all."
He stressed that the lack of separation promised by the United States in previous agreements does not promote humanitarian pauses, assistance to the local population, or conflict settlement in general.
