
Vladimir Putin considers it inappropriate to renew the air strikes of Russian VKS in Aleppo. This was stated by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the appeals of the General Staff to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the issue of resuming bombing, TASS reports .
"The President of Russia considers the currently inappropriate renewal of aviation blows on Aleppo. The president has in mind the possible to continue the humanitarian pause to withdraw the wounded and the exit of the militants who want to leave the city, and also, in order to give our American partners the opportunity to fulfill previously the previously taken on the demarcation of the so -called moderate opposition and terrorist groups, ”said Peskov. At the same time, he noted that the humanitarian pause concerns only Aleppo.
The new contacts of Putin and US President Barack Obama in Syria are not planned in Syria in the near future, informskov.
At the same time, the spokeswoman emphasized that Putin will personally make strategic decisions on the progress of the operation in Syria. “Of course, the General Staff carries out operational management, but with regard to strategic tasks and strategic decisions, they are made, of course, the supreme commander in chief,” Peskov answered the question of who would make decisions on the termination of the humanitarian pause in Aleppo and other actions of the Russian military in Syria.
On October 22 , air strikes and fierce battles resumed the besieged Aleppo. As reported by the Syrian monitoring center for compliance with human rights, air strikes were applied along the key line of the front in the south-west of the city. They began immediately after the end of the ceasefire operating three days ended. At the same time, the battles between the rebels and government forces in the Aleppo areas controlled by the opposition intensified.
The ceasefire ended, despite the promises of Russia to extend it. On October 21, a permanent representative of Russia at the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin, said that the humanitarian pause in Syrian Aleppo will be extended until October 24 and can be prolonged yet. According to him, this was done "for humanitarian reasons", since Damascus and Moscow hope that the situation "may change for the better."
The diplomat emphasized that the Syrian and Russian military "did everything possible to ensure the exit from the eastern Aleppo of the civilian population, to evacuate the wounded and sick, to provide the opportunity to leave the Jebhat al-Nusra militants and the members of the opposition groups that joined them.
On Wednesday, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that humanitarian pauses in Aleppo could be resumed upon receipt of guarantees regarding civilians. "The Russian Federation, together with the Syrian authorities, is ready to renew the" humanitarian pauses "in Aleppo in obtaining guarantees of international organizations on the willingness of the withdrawal of areas of patients, wounded and civilians held by militants," he said.
“The Aviation of the Russian Air Force and the Air Force of Syria on the eighth day observes the moratorium on flights closer than 10 kilometers to the city of Aleppo,” the representative of the Ministry of Defense added. “Six humanitarian corridors, hot food and first aids are opened for civilians who leave the eastern areas of Aleppo.”