Putin spoke about the US idea to send Russian troops to guard the humanitarian corridor in Aleppo

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with the French TV channel TF1, said that during the talks on Syria, the United States offered Russia to send military personnel to guard the road along which humanitarian convoys go to the besieged city of Aleppo.

When exactly this proposal was made is not clear. It follows from Putin's statement that this happened after the parties reached an agreement on the withdrawal of the Syrian army and rebel forces from the road. According to him, the agreement was not fulfilled, after which Russia received an "exotic proposal" that "the servicemen of the Russian army stand on this road and ensure security."

“Our military, courageous and resolute people, came to me and said: yes, okay, we are ready. I said: no, we will do it, but only together with the Americans, offer them this. We offered, they immediately refused, they don’t want to get up, they don’t want to withdraw the combat units of these opposition, terrorist groups,” the president said.

Putin spoke about this US initiative after mentioning the attack on a UN humanitarian convoy near Aleppo on September 19, in which 20 people were killed. Whether the offer to send Russian troops to guard the road was made after the shelling, which US officials suspected Russia of committing, is not clear from the interview.

• On September 12, a truce was declared in Syria, agreed by the United States and Russia. On September 16, an international coalition led by the United States, operating against terrorists from the "Islamic State", launched strikes on the Syrian army, as a result of which several dozen soldiers were killed and more than a hundred were injured. The coalition attributed the shelling to a mistake.
• On September 19, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad announced the withdrawal from the truce. On the same day, a UN humanitarian convoy was attacked near the city of Aleppo, part of which is controlled by rebels and members of the Fatah al-Sham terrorist organization (formerly the al-Nusra Front). 20 people were killed, more than half of the humanitarian aid trucks were destroyed. The rebels and Western countries accused Syria and the Russian Federation of shelling the convoy; Russia categorically denies these accusations, calling terrorists responsible for the attack.
• After the withdrawal from the truce, the Syrian government, with the support of the Russian Federation, launched an assault on the eastern quarters of Aleppo, which, according to Damascus and Moscow, are controlled by Fatah al-Sham militants. According to the UN, several hundred people died as a result of the bombing, and several city hospitals were destroyed. Representatives of many Western countries, including Great Britain and the United States, have blamed the Russian Federation for what is happening.