Russia has flown over a dozen military aircraft to coronavirus-hit Italy, carrying medics, virologists, and equipment for diagnosis and disinfection.
A fifteenth aircraft from the Russian Aerospace Forces has delivered aid to Italy to help the country combat the coronavirus outbreak, Russia's Defence Ministry confirmed on Wednesday. This reported by Sputnik.
The Il-76 military transport jet took off from an airfield outside of Moscow on Tuesday night with coronavirus diagnosis and disinfection equipment on board. It landed at the Pratica Di Mare military air base near Rome.
Russia started flying specialists and kits to Italy after a Saturday conversation between President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppte Conte. Since then, Russian Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft have sent in eight medical teams and over a hundred military virologists and epidemiologists. The medics will be working in Bergamo in the northern province of Lombardy, Italy’s worst-affected region.











