Russia denies involvement in Aleppo attack

Russia has denied responsibility for an attack on a neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo which wounded a young boy whose rescue was filmed and shared widely on social media.

The image of stunned five-year-old boy, Omran Daqneesh sitting in an ambulance caked with dust and with blood on his face, captured the horror that has beset the war-torn city.

The Russian defence ministry said in a statement it never targets populated areas and that rebels themselves hit urban areas in order to derail humanitarian efforts there.