Lavrov urges ‘responsible’ US action in Mosul, requests UN Security Council briefing on airstrikes

YemenExtra

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized the US-led coalition’s Mosul airstrikes, saying the operation is claiming “more and more civilian lives.” Moscow has requested a UN Security Council briefing over a recent airstrike at a site where an estimated 200 people died.
“If one cannot establish for hours that the airstrikes are hitting the wrong targets, then such actions of the US military startle me, as they possess the necessary [targeting] equipment,” Lavrov said..
Russia’s top diplomat added that Moscow “is interested in liberating Mosul from terrorists” but stressed that the actions of the US-led coalition should be more “cautious and responsible.
He went on to cite Russia’s initiative for the liberation of eastern Aleppo in Syria as an example of a more responsible approach.
“We expect that a similar regardful, cautious and responsible approach would be used by the coalition in its further actions in Mosul,” he added.
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