MOSCOW- Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday that the “Aleppo bombings blunder” will leave a lasting stain on the biography of retired US Rear Admiral turned Department of State spokesman John Kirby.
“It has become perfectly clear to one and all that the allegedly bombed ‘hospitals’ and ‘mobile clinics’ in Aleppo exist only in the imagination of US Department of State spokesman John Kirby. This news blunder will certainly leave a lasting stain on Admiral Kirby’s biography,” Konashenkov said, according to Itar Tass.
If one takes the trouble of counting the allegedly bombed “hospitals” and “mobile clinics” that were mentioned by US and British officials over the past year, it will seem that there is nothing in Syria apart from ‘hospitals, the spokesman has noted.
“Incidentally, we have repeatedly asked officials in the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries and also international organizations to provide information about the location of medical aid centers (‘hospitals’) and ‘schools’ in terrorists-held areas of Syria. The answer was invariably the same – nobody has such information. Everything that is known comes in the form of cited statements by the [White Helmets] or local anonymous ‘journalists’ (activists),” Konashenkov said.
The British hand
Britain is sponsoring certain “independent” mass media which report allegations about Russia’s bombing hospitals, Igor Konashenkov said commenting on John Kirby’s accusations.
“Notable in this context is the official report of the British government Non-humanitarian Aid in Response to the Syria Conflict for 2012-2015. The document openly says that the White Helmets had received 15 million pounds from the British government. A sum of 5.3 million pounds went to some ‘mass media,’” Konashenkov said.
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