Military transport aircraft of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with medical help flew to the USA
Russia sent the An-124-100 Ruslan military transport aircraft to the United States with medical assistance against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The plane took off from the Chkalovsky airfield, and then headed for the United States. As specified, on board the aircraft are medical equipment and personal protective equipment, including medical masks.
- it is spoken in the message of military department.
As previously reported, the possible dispatch of the aircraft with help in the United States was discussed on Tuesday, then preparations for its dispatch began. Spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the dispatch of the plane from Russia to the United States was in a telephone conversation on Monday between the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
- declared Sands.
Recall that the United States is currently the world "leader" in cases of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. As follows from the expert materials released on Tuesday by the White House press service, with a favorable outcome, the number of victims of the disease in the United States can be up to 100 thousand people, with an unfavorable one - up to 2,2 million people.
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