The Russian Foreign Ministry expresses deep concern over the revealing facts of the mass death of the peaceful population of Iraq as a result of bombing and shelling by the United States and its Western allies. This is stated in the comments of the official representative of the agency Maria Zakharova. According to her, "the scale of the victims is shocking". Zakharova, in particular, mentioned the US air strike on March 17 over the Mosul region of Al Jadida, which killed more than 100 civilians. "Delayed confessions came from Washington" in connection with this attack, she noted.. "And this is just another bloody episode of the" contactless war "being conducted by the Americans in Iraq and neighboring Syria. Confirmation of this was the death the other day in the border Syrian town of Mejadin 35 local residents. As in Mosul, there were women and children among them, "the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zakharova noted that many statutory questions brought by the US military statistics of casualties among the civilian population of Iraq as a result of the use of the coalition of aviation and heavy weapons. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences on the victims of the Iraqi civilian population. "At the same time, we reaffirm our solidarity with the leadership and people of friendly Iraq at a difficult time for this country. We are ready to continue to provide effective support to Baghdad in an uncompromising struggle against the terrorist threat, no matter where it comes from, "Zakharova stressed.. On Thursday, May 25, the US military recognized the deaths of more than 100 civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul as a result of an air raid in March this year. According to Brigadier General Matthew Isler, the target of the strikes was two sniper terrorists who were trapped in one of the buildings. They were dropped 500-kilogram aerial bomb.

As a result of a direct hit detonated explosives, which the fighters laid on the lower floors of the concrete structure. As Isler explained, neither the US commanders nor the Iraqi military had information that civilians can be in the building, as well as about the mining of premises. On April 30, Operation Unshakable Resolve command recognized the death of 352 civilians from the air strikes of the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, beginning in 2014.

Original article: Zakharova commented on the mass death of peaceful Iraqis under US bombs.