In a statement released on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the West of having rushed to provide aid to Raqqah to cover up its own crimes.
“Raqqah has inherited the fate of Dresden in 1945, wiped off the face of the earth by Anglo-American bombardments,” said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenko.
Recently, Daesh terrorists left Raqqah, their former “capital” in Syria, as part of a deal with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led coalition. Thus, the US-backed Kurdish-dominated SDF announced full control over the city.
Konashenkov complained that the West had turned down Russia’s requests for humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians.
“What is behind the rush by Western capitals to provide targeted financial help only to Raqqah?” he asked. “There’s only one explanation – the desire to cover up evidence of the barbaric bombardments by the US air force and the coalition as fast as possible and to bury the thousands of civilians ‘liberated’ from Daesh in the ruins.”