He was speaking in response to a statement by his Belgian counterpart Steven Vandeput, who claimed that no Belgian planes were in the area of the village of Hassadjek near Aleppo, where an air raid left six people dead.

"It is hard to disagree with Mr. Vandeput in that it is essential to avoid ‘collateral damage’ and rule out any doubts the picked target belongs to the Islamic State (outlawed in Russia - TASS). However, we would like to recall that for the countries of the international coalition, to which Belgium is affiliated, such target setting mistakes are not something impossible and regrettably happen with regularity," Konashenkov said.

"That’s why weddings, funerals, hospitals, police stations, humanitarian convoys and even Syrian troops fighting against Islamic State terrorists near Deir ez-Zor are hit by the aircraft of the coalition member-countries. Moreover, none of the coalition’s member-countries has ever been made liable for that," he added.