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The United States does not exclude the expansion of economic sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Syria. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House, Josh Ernest at a daily press brafting.

“We do not reset the possible expansion of economic sanctions. The sanctions have proved that they are an effective tool to support our interests around the world. And we definitely do not exclude possible sanctions,” Ernest answered the question of a possible US reaction to the continuing support of Russia of government forces in Syria.

The United States prefer to act in coordination with partners, and not organize unilateral sanctions, the White House spokesman emphasized. Ernest believes that sanctions should be applied in “close interaction with partners” in order to “enhance their effect” as much as possible. Ernest did not report any specific plans to impose new sanctions against Russia.

Ernest noted that the White House has responsible for Russia for the shelling of the UN humanitarian convoy a few days after reaching a ceasefire in Syria. Regardless of whether Syrian or Russian aircraft struck the column, Russia is responsible for this, since it must restrain Syria forces.

On September 19, in the evening in Syria , a motorcade was defeated with humanitarian aid , heading from Aleppo to rural areas held by the rebels. It was reported that 20 people were killed as a result of the air raid, at least 18 out of 31 escort trucks were damaged. The convoy was organized by the UN and the Syrian department of the red crescent.

On September 20, the Deputy Assistant of the President of National Security of the United States Ben Rhodes assigned to what happened to Russia , but did not specify whose aircraft bombarded - Russian or Syrian.

In the central command of the US Armed Forces, they insist that a hit on a column in Aleppo was made from the air. According to the representative of the command of John Thomas, "this, of course, was not a coalition."

In the Russian Foreign Ministry, the charges are categorically denied. "Such early -ripening accusations, not backed up by facts,, among other things, are designed, as it seems, to take attention from a strange" mistake "made by the pilots of the US Antihilov Coalition driven on September 17, when its planes bombed the positions of the Syrian government forces near Deir Ez -Zorom," the Russian foreign ministry said. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that they recorded the flight of the American drone Predator.

According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, the Syrian Air Force could not attack the humanitarian convoy in Aleppo, since the blow was delivered in the dark. "Our military has already made the relevant statements that our aviation did not work there. Syrian aviation could not work, because the attack on the convoy occurred in the dark, the Syrian Air Force at that time did not fly, they did not have such opportunities and the attack occurred when the humanitarian load was already unloaded in the eastern Aleppo," the minister said.

On September 20, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, also stated that the combat aircraft of Russia and Syria did not strike at the UN escort. According to the general, there are no signs of any ammunition on the video from the scene. "There are no appropriate funnels, cars do not have damage to the housing and faults of structures from the explosive wave of airborne equipment," Konashenkov said. - All demonstrated on video frames is a direct consequence of the fire of the cargo, which in a strange way began simultaneously with the large -scale attack of militants on Aleppo. "