Terrorists ramp up the shelling of western Aleppo in Syria, with a school and a humanitarian corridor their latest targets, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Thursday.
"This afternoon during classes at a school in the Hadaiq al Andalus region, a mine and a gas cylinder hit the school classrooms from terrorist-controlled eastern Aleppo," Konashenkov stated.
A nearby humanitarian corridor in Masharqa district was also targeted, resulting in 12 civilian deaths and more than 20 injuries, Konashenkov stated.
"Why does the UNICEF and certain permanent UN Security Council members stubbornly refuse to notice any of this?"
Russian Defense Ministry repeated that Russian and Syrian air forces refrain from flights in 10km (6.2 mile radius) vicinity of Aleppofor the 10th day running.
"For the 10th day, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force have not made any flights near the 10-kilometer zone around Aleppo," spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
