© Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters Smoke rises after an U.S. airstrike, while the Iraqi army pushes into Topzawa village during the operation against Islamic State militants near Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016.
"There were numerous attacks of the US-led coalition targeting residential areas, schools, and other civilian objects both in Mosul and in other parts of the Iraqi Nineveh Governorate," Gen. Sergey Rudskoy, head of Operations in the Russian General Staff, told journalists on Tuesday.
"We are closely monitoring the situation around Mosul. So far we see no substantial progress in liberating this city from the terrorists of ISIS," he added, referring to the terrorist organization Islamic State by its former name.
According to the Russian military, among the civilian objects hit by US-led coalition airstrikes was a school for girls in southern Mosul, which was attacked last Friday.
The general described the situation around the Iraqi city on the sidelines of a report about Russia's action in Syria, where Moscow and Damascus continue a pause in the offensive in Aleppo, which is divided between the Syrian Army and various armed groups, including the terrorist organization Al-Nusra Front.
Rudskoy said that Russia has not conducted sorties over and around Aleppo since last Tuesday and intends to continue holding off the warplanes. Fighting on the ground in the city resumed on Sunday, after a three-day unilateral ceasefire was derailed by insurgents, who prevented civilians from fleeing the battered city.
Comment: Update: "We would require more specific information in order to determine if Coalition aircraft were involved in this alleged incident," the spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve stated. "If Russian authorities have further information on this allegation, we encourage them to share it with us to enable an investigation."