Russia says it didn’t strike aid convoy

Published September 21, 2016 12:09am ET



Russian officials on Tuesday said Russian and Syrian warplanes did not hit a United Nations aid convoy near Aleppo with airstrikes Monday.

“Russian and Syrian warplanes did not carry out any airstrikes on a UN humanitarian aid convoy in the southwest of Aleppo,” Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement Tuesday, according to RT, a Russian-owned, American-based news outlet.

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