Moscow does not yet have official confirmation of the liquidation of the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group* Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti.
“No, we have no confirmation”, – Peskov said in response to the related question.
The US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US military eliminated al-Baghdadi in Syria. Later, the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Russian Federation did not have reliable information on the conduct by the US military of the operation for the next “destruction” of al-Baghdadi.
* – Terrorist organization banned in Russia