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Russian EMERCOM IL-76 lands in Cairo to evacuate Russians fleeing Gaza

Russian Aviaton » Thursday May 27, 2021 14:58 MSK
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An IL-76 military transport aircraft landed at Cairo airport on Wednesday night to repatriate 64 Russian nationals who had fled the Gaza Strip in the wake of armed confrontation between Palestine and Israel.

The IL-76 belonging to the Russian Emergencies Ministry touched down at Cairo’s airport at about 21.00 local time (22.00 Moscow Time). All the 64 people were waiting at the airport.

Earlier, Russia’s embassy in Cairo said that 64 people from Russia and the CIS countries would be evacuated from the Gaza Strip via Egypt on Wednesday. They had arrived in Egypt via the Rafah border crossing and then travelled on buses.

On May 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a resolution on evacuation of citizens of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, or post-Soviet republics) from the Gaza Strip at their request.