The Russian Ministry of Defense on Saturday said that its reconnaissance aircraft detected two US-led coalition fighter jets carrying out an air raid on the city of Daquq, just south of Kirkuk and Mosul, The BRICS Post reported.
The Ministry of Defense says that according to its intelligence sources there are no Islamic State fighters in that area.
Ministry spokesperson General Igor Konashenkov said that the fighter jets struck a funeral procession which included women and children.
“Judging by the eyewitness accounts, the mourning procession was mistaken for terrorists by the coalition aviation. Dozens of Iraqi civilians died, including women and children,” Konashenkov said in statements picked up by local Russian media.
