Russia: US has not managed to convince militants to leave Aleppo - MoD

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• published: 13 Oct 2016
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The US-led coalition in Syria and several international organisations have not intensified dialogue such that armed groups inside Aleppo would be willing to leave the city, the Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, said in a statement from Moscow on Thursday. SOT, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, Head of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces - Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian): "Neither the American partners nor the representatives of the international organisations have intensified work with the armed groups inside Aleppo in order to convince them to leave the city. The Syrian government guarantees the security of armed individuals with personal weapons who have decided to leave eastern Aleppo for other parts of the country." SOT, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, Head of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces - Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian): "We are still willing to assist humanitarian aid deliveries to the eastern districts of Aleppo as well as to support humanitarian pauses. However, one requires a security guarantee from armed groups in order to avoid attacks such as the attack on the UN convoy on September 19. In order to reduce losses, the commanders of militants are setting their control points and warehouses on the ground floors of residential buildings, while the inhabitants remain in the occupied buildings and serve as human shields. So far, these blatant facts continue to fall on deaf ears of the Western countries. They neither want to admit the crimes of the militants nor to respond to them." SOT, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, Head of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces - Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian): "Instead, an information campaign has been launched on baseless charges against the Russian Aerospace Forces of the bombing of civilian targets and residential districts in Aleppo; not a single fact or document has been provided. It is a pity that the US-led coalition has not been fighting against terrorists in Syria and Iraq with the same level of activity over the past two years." SOT, Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, Head of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces - Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian): "I want to emphasise that the Russian air force conducts pre-adjusted strikes against targets outside the city of Aleppo and outside residential areas. We do not hit weddings and funeral processions. Each strike is recorded by onboard control devices and drones. On the screen you can see a destruction of command centres, weapons warehouses and the places of the militants’ dislocation in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo." Video ID: 20161013 064 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly