After being at the receiving end of intense criticisms about its military strategy in the Middle East, Russia has once more asserted that it is doing nothing wrong. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Saturday that the country is not bombing civilians in Syria and that its operations have specifically targeted militants instead, according to CNN.
"There is no evidence of our bombarding civilians even though everyone is accusing us," Medvedev said.
Russia has been under fire lately, with accusations that though its operations are targeting extremist groups, a lot of civilians are being killed in the process. Among the country's most intense critics is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has accused Russia of dropping "dumb bombs," or bombs with no specific target, in Syria, reported Reuters.
With the current state of the crisis in Syria, however, major world powers have agreed to a general cessation of hostilities in the Middle Eastern country in order to provide aid for those who have been directly affected by the conflict.
Russia's critics, however, believe that for the ceasefire to succeed, Russia must change its strategy against the militants in the area.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that for the ceasefire to be successful, the nations acting against the extremist groups in the country must be able to look far beyond what is happening on the surface, reported KSWO News.
"The U.N. must recognize that everyone on the ground is doing something which is wrong from the point of view of humanitarian law. (One) shouldn't demonize anyone except terrorism in Syria," Lavrov said.
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