areas president putin was referring there to the us load operation to liberate the syrian city of rakoff from islamic state the campaigns believed to have resulted in almost two thousand civilian deaths and in the us liberation of mosul in iraq the death toll was feared to be even higher but the western rhetoric over the officers in eastern good compared to mosul this stunningly different. by the escalation and strikes me humanitarian disaster systematic targeting of civilians this is how ongoing slaughter of trap civilians it's about the focus of the syrian government as well and we call on this including russia to ensure that this violence stops. in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's clear their city being liberated they understand what they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price and avoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis w