Humanitarian aid to the Russian armed forces abroad increased in 2021

The Russian Armed Forces has increased its humanitarian aid to Russian provinces and foreign countries, according to Mikhail Mizinchev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.

“Humanitarian aid has increased several times in critical areas, such as Syria, Armenia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cuba, where more than 2.5 thousand tons of food and basic necessities have been transported,” Mizinchev said, according to the Russian agency TASS. He also noted that “the number of infrastructure that has been disinfected has increased radically, sevenfold”.

“At the request of Greece and Turkey, in a difficult situation due to the fires, the aircraft of the armed forces made more than 380 exits and dropped more than 15.5 thousand tons of water in the burning areas”, according to Mr. Mizinchev, the He also referred to the assistance of the Russian army in supporting provinces of the Russian Federation in dealing with fires, floods and ice blockades.

“The only example of well-coordinated inter-service work is the emergency evacuation of more than 560 citizens of Russia and other countries from Afghanistan, which has been hit by a national crisis, and has successfully dealt with the humanitarian task of clearing minefields in Laos and the conflict zone.” “Karabakh,” said M. Mizinchev.

As a result of the efforts of the central staff coordination, more than 2 million Syrian citizens were returned to their homes, while 215 children of Russian origin were evacuated from war zones and 250 thousand doses of the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine and one million tests were performed. government, according to the responsible official of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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