The Russian Defense Ministry has denied reports that Russian forces delivered airstrikes on April 27 on a hospital in Syria�s Aleppo, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday.





HMEYMIM AIRBASE (Syria), (Sputnik) � In April, the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that 50 people were killed in�an airstrike which struck the al-Quds hospital in�the Syrian city of�Aleppo.
"The so-called news story about�the bombing of�a hospital in�Al-Quds was picked up�by many international media outlets as�an example of�failure of�the Russian and US-agreed Syrian ceasefire. We checked this information; and today we will show you the real picture based on�the reconnaissance data," Konashenkov said.


One picture clearly shows the destroyed hospital, the general noted. "It's an indisputable fact no one is denying."



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="793"] � PHOTO: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Al Quds hospital, April 2016.[/caption]

The second picture illustrates the hospital building with damage in identical places to the first photograph, however, this one was taken in October 2015.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="769"] Al Quds hospital, October 2015.[/caption]

"These photos clearly show that all alleged 'eyewitness' accounts of�an airstrike on�the hospital are fake. Further comments are unnecessary," Konashenkov said.

Local sources blamed the attack on�the Syrian government and Russia, which supports President Bashar Assad. However, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that he country�s planes did not carry out�airstrikes in�Syria in�the past�days, while Damascus put the blame on�terrorist groups.

By Sputnik News