The White Helmets are not a rescue group but an extension of jihadist militants, and should be designated a terrorist organization, Russias envoy to the UN argued at the presentation of evidence into the groups wrongdoing.
Praised in the West as humanitarian rescue volunteers, in reality the White Helmets work with Islamist militants in Syria, harvest organs from the victims they pretend to be rescuing, stage false chemical weapons and other attacks for cameras, and loot the bodies and homes of Syrians killed and injured in the war, according to Maxim Grigoriev, director of the Russia-based Foundation for the Study of Democracy.