“According to preliminary data, confirmed, in particular, by the symptoms of poisoning in the victims, the shells that bombarded residential areas of Aleppo were filled with chlorine. As of 18:00 on November 25, 2018, eight people (including two in serious condition) remain under the supervision of doctors, ”he said.

Solomatin also added that as a result of the shelling by militants of the village of El-Khader, three servicemen of the Syrian armed forces were wounded.

On November 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Aleppo’s north-western quarters were bombarded by terrorists who are in the idlib de-escalation zone.

Subsequently, Russian experts confirmed the fact of contamination of the Syrian city with chemicals after the incident.