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At least two civilians were killed, and several more wounded, in alleged Russian airstrikes which struck Urma al Kubra, Aleppo. Most sources attributed the blame to Russian warplanes, others did not identify who was responsible.
The majority of sources said that cluster bombs were used during the raid, with @shahed_alep reporting the sighting of rocket propelled grenade launchers.
Additionally, Alwan News reported that “Russian fighter jets carried out a massive bombardment with cluster bombs and phosphorus shells” on many villages including Urma al Kubra.
Footage published by Thiaq News Agency shows the raids to have occurred at night, with no specific time reported by any sources.
The incident occured during the night.
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Russian Military Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any specific strikes between November 1st – 30th 2016.
On 6 January 2017, Russia, however, reported: “Since November 8, 2016, the aircraft carrier group of the Northern Fleet consisting of the heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, the large ASW ship Severomorsk, as well as auxiliary vessels of the Black Sea Fleet, has been fulfilling counterterrorist missions on the territory of Syria”, adding that ”in the course of two months of their participation in the combat actions, naval aviation pilots have carried out 420 combat sorties, 117 of them were night ones”.
Additionally, Russia reported that its air forces had carried out strikes in Aleppo during November and December 2016.