Russian Emergency Situations Ministry helicopters stay in flood-ridden Serbia
MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax) - Two Kamov Ka-32 helicopters of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry keep monitoring flood conditions in Serbia, ministry spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky told reporters.
"We keep in Serbia two Ka-32 helicopters, which came there from Moscow to monitor the flood conditions and to transport humanitarian supplies to hard-to-access areas," he said.
The helicopters transported nine tonnes of prime necessities over the past day.
Ministry rescuers deployed in Serbia on May 16 to help clean up the flood aftermath and to evacuate people from inundated areas finalized their mission on Monday. The rescuers evacuated almost 3,000 people, including over 600 children. Three Ilyushin Il-76 planes of the ministry brought over 105 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Serbia in that period.
About 40 more tonnes of humanitarian aid were brought to Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.