The defense Ministry has compared the Raqqa bombed in 1945, Dresden
The strength of the US-led international coalition against terrorism during the operation to liberate the Syrian city of raqqa fighters from the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia) bombed its German Dresden during the Second world war.
This was stated Sunday, 22 October, the representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov, reports TASS.
“Raqqa has inherited the fate of Dresden in 1945, erased from the earth, the Anglo-American bombing,” he said. The representative of the Ministry added that during the operation, killing many ordinary people.
Konashenkov noted that now the US, France and Germany reported emergency allocation of millions of dollars and euros for the restoration of peaceful life in the city. According to him, in fact they are seeking “to quickly cover up the traces of the barbaric bombing of the US air force and the “coalition”, buried in the ruins of thousands of Raqqa “liberated” from ISIS civilians.”