ANKARA, Feb 12 Russia sends humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in the southeast of Turkey, 19 tons of products were delivered, the Russian Embassy in Ankara reported on Telegram.
«The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Situations organized the dispatch of three aircraft with a cargo of humanitarian aid to Turkish citizens affected by the earthquake in southeastern Turkey on February 6. 500 tents, 9,000 sleeping bags and heat-insulating mats and 19 tons of food were delivered on board food,» the embassy said.
It is specified that a new batch of humanitarian aid is currently being prepared for shipment to Turkey.
Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 occurred on February 6 with an interval of 9 hours in the province of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey. The tremors, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt in 10 provinces of the country and neighboring states, of which Syria suffered the most. Turkey's earthquake death toll rises to 24,617