2 Mar 2022 22:27

Russian Defense Ministry says ready to accept foreign planes for evacuation of foreigners from Ukraine

MOSCOW. March 2 (Interfax) - Russia stands ready to accept foreign planes at airfields across its territory that will arrive to evacuate foreign citizens from Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"We are ready to promptly accept aircraft of foreign states at airfields of the Russian Federation - the list of such airfields will be coordinated on a routine basis - for a possible evacuation of their citizens to national territories after these citizens leave the territory of Ukraine," head of Russia's National Defense Control Center Mikhail Mizintsev said.

"We are ready for this work as well," Mizintsev said.