Defense Ministry completes withdrawal of Russian military from Serbia
Russian servicemen left Serbia, where they assisted the Serbian military in the fight against coronavirus. All three Il-76 aircraft of the Russian Air Force VKS flew from Belgrade to Russia. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
As previously stated in the Ministry of Defense, on May 16, 2020, three military personnel from the Russian Armed Forces, from Serbia, will deliver 40 military personnel and 4 units of special equipment to assist the Serbian military in the fight against the spread of coronavirus.
- said in a statement.
At the airport, the Russian military was escorted by the Minister of Defense of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin, Chief of the General Staff of Serbia Milan Moysilovich, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Botsan-Harchenko
- said the head of the Serbian military.
On May 15, the military department announced the complete withdrawal of RCHBZ units, special equipment and military doctors from Italy.
The day before, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Ministry of Defense had completed its assistance in the fight against coronavirus and was withdrawing consolidated detachments of specialists in the Russian Republican Chemical Medicine and military doctors from Italy, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At present, Russian specialists have remained only in Armenia, where they continue to assist Armenian colleagues in the fight against infection.
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