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US air force struck in Mosul with heavy strategic long range missile-carrying bomber B-52H, said the official representative of Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov. “The Russian and Syrian planes for 13 days did not make any flights over the city of Aleppo. For comparison, the US-led international coalition over the past day struck nine air strikes on residential neighborhoods of Iraqi cities – Mosul. And to be clear about the “selectivity” of such attacks and respect the coalition of international humanitarian law, I note that two of the nine strikes on city blocks fulfilled the American strategic bombers b-52N”, – said Konashenkov, quoted by RIA “Novosti”.
The chief of the main operations Directorate of the General staff of the Russian armed forces, Lieutenant-General Sergey rudskoy has informed that the US air force on 24 October launched an airstrike on the school in the village of tell Kaif, near Mosul Iraq, have killed and wounded.
On Tuesday, an elite unit of the Iraqi forces, the first player to reach the outskirts of Mosul, suspended the attack on the main stronghold of the terrorists “Islamic state” in the country, waiting for the approach of other parts.
Before this the Iraqi militia captured “one of the key military points” of the terrorist group “Islamic state”, which the militants fled before the operation, fearing air strikes.
Recall, 17 October, Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operation to liberate Mosul from the Islamists.
Artillery of the United States and Iraq, as well as the international coalition aircraft struck Mosul before the main operation to liberate the city. In addition, the city is attacked by aircraft of the international coalition led by the United States.
Mosul – second largest city of Iraq with a population of 1.3 million people – more than two years is under the control of terrorists. Militants execute hundreds of residents. In addition, according to the UN, the total number of displaced persons since the beginning of military operations in Iraq’s Mosul amounted to 10 thousand 728 people.