Putin Rejects Russian Military Request to Resume Aleppo Bombings
- President wants humanitarian pause to continue, Kremlin says
- Russia says it retains right to aid Syrian army in any way
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
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President Vladimir Putin rejected a request from the Russian military to resume airstrikes against militants in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Kremlin said.
Putin “considers it possible” to continue a humanitarian pause on operations in Aleppo despite a request from the general staff to resume bombing in response to attacks from terrorist groups, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday on a conference call.