A Syrian champion swimmer and her 12-year old brother were also among Aleppo civilians killed by shelling. Their deaths were reported by Britain's The Independent. The newspaper claimed that government forces and Russian planes were to blame for the missiles that killed them. However, some readers pointed out that the shelling was actually carried out by rebel forces.<br /><br />READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7r2i<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.