Russian Foreign Ministry accuses U.S. of disproportionate strikes on Mosul
MOSCOW. Nov 3 (Interfax) - The U.S.-led international coalition is delivering disproportionate airstrikes on residential neighborhoods in Mosul, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"Along with the reprisals that I have mentioned, Mosul residents have also certainly been prompted to flee by the growing and absolutely disproportionate bombings by the air force of the anti-ISIL coalition led by Washington," Zakharova said at a news briefing on Thursday.
"To our great regret, these bombings have with increasing frequency targeted residential neighborhoods and civilian facilities," she said.
"We are once again calling on the U.S. and its allies to act responsibly and not to allow the disproportionate use of force, as it happened in Iraq itself in the past," she said.
The humanitarian situation in Mosul is worsening, and civilians are fleeing the city, Zakharova said. "The International Organization for Migration has estimated the number of people who have left the warzone since the start of the campaign at about 20,000, but the real figures are likely to be significantly higher," she said.