Putin Slams Lack of Reaction to Deadly Attack on Russian Hospital in Aleppo

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the absence of international organizations' reaction to the deadly shelling of a Russian hospital in Syria is a reason to question the impartiality of the events' coverage.

A general view shows the damage at a Russian military field hospital after it was shelled by what the Russian Defence Ministry said were Syrian rebels in Aleppo, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on December 5, 2016 - Sputnik International
What's Behind Deadly Shelling of Russian Hospital in Aleppo
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Monday, a Russian mobile military hospital in Aleppo was shelled by Syrian rebels, killing two military medics and wounding another, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Following the attack, Russian authorities said that Syrian rebels "had exact coordinates" of the hospital that means that those parties who support militants were also responsible for the deaths of Russian doctors. However, the US State Department denied giving coordinates of the Russian mobile hospital to the Syrian opposition.

"Our medics came there to solve a purely humanitarian task… to provide assistance to the local population. But we have seen no assessment of what was done from any large international organization," Putin said at a meeting with members of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

"And this, unfortunately, makes us all wonder how objectively some of our partners cover the events," he said.

Moscow believes that the attack on a Russian military hospital in Aleppo was a planned campaign, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

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