The Chief of the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate said that a US Air Force jet attacked a school near the Iraqi city of Mosul, leaving dead and injured, on October 24. This was not the first statement made by Russian defense ministry's officials on civilian casualties as a result of US-led coalition's strikes in Iraq and Syria.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that the US-led coalition launched strikes on a funeral procession in the Iraqi town of Daquq near the city of Kirkuk, killing dozens of civilians.
"We pass all materials with their decoded results to representatives of the media. We hope that the US fulfills its promise and conducts an objective investigation of these war crimes," Rudskoy said.
Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said the accusations of inaccurate strikes continue despite no Russian warplanes' flights over Aleppo for the 10th day running.
"All this is done with one purpose: to distract the international community from war crimes committed by the US-led coalition," Rudskoy said.
On Thursday, the executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake said that as many as 22 children and six teachers were killed in an attack on a school in Idlib. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the attack on a school in Syria's Idlib and called for an investigation into the bombing. She also said that international media "launched an attack" on Russia by claiming that Moscow and Damascus are behind the bombing without presenting evidence.
Before any investigation into the attack has been conducted, US officials have been quick to accuse Moscow and Damascus of the alleged attack on the school, however, did not present any evidence proving the claims.
On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that no Russian aircraft have been in the area, adding that a US Predator drone has been registered in the area where the school had been attacked. The ministry added that video footage published in media showing the alleged strike on the Idlib school have been fabricated.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that targeting mistakes by the member countries of the international coalition occur too often.
"Weddings, funerals, hospitals, police departments, humanitarian convoys and even Syrian troops, fighting against Daesh terrorists near Deir ez-Zor, become targets for coalition airstrikes," Konashenkov stressed.
