Footage Shows UN Aid Convoy ‘Escorted By Terrorists’
Russia’s defence ministry has released drone footage that it says shows a pickup truck carrying militants and hauling a heavy mortar driving alongside the UN aid convoy before it was destroyed on Monday. The ministry’s spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the convoy with humanitarian aid heading to the embattled city of Aleppo could be seen being accompanied by a militant pickup truck. #СИРИЯ Видео с #БПЛА движения гуманитарного конвоя в провинции #Алеппо выявило новые детали https://t.co/cgwElHebyOpic.twitter.com/6a5gqNYqxn — Минобороны России (@mod_russia) September 20, 2016 Russia and Syria have denied hitting the UN convoy, which was attacked as it delivered food aid to Aleppo on Monday night RT reports: “Analysis of the yesterday’s drone footage monitoring the movement of the aid convoy through the militant held areas helped to reveal new details,” Konashenkov said. He added that the drone footage points at insurgents seeking cover behind the trucks. “The video clearly shows how the terrorists are relocating a pickup truck with a large-caliber mortar.” The footage shows the pickup in question riding alongside a line of aid trucks, and stopping right next to one of them, so it can be seen from one side only. On Monday a humanitarian convoy consisting of 31 [...]
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