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发帖数: 4825 | 1 Watch Russian military plane with masks & other Covid-19 medical aid depart
for US
https://www.rt.com/russia/484639-russian-coronavirus-aid-usa/
A military cargo plane carrying medical supplies to help the US combat the
coronavirus outbreak has taken off from an airbase in Russia, after
President Trump accepted an offer of assistance from Vladimir Putin.
“The plane with masks and medical equipment on board left for the United
States,” the Russian Defense Ministry announced in a brief statement early
on Wednesday.
READ MORE: Russian Covid-19 aid plane to US: Putin asked Trump if he needed
help & he accepted
Footage released by the ministry provided an up-close look inside the cargo
plane, showing hundreds of boxes of supplies en route for the US, as well as
the moment the craft took off for its nearly 8,000 kilometer trek.
The aid shipment comes after a phone call between Russian President Vladimir
Putin and his American counterpart on Tuesday, during which the two
discussed the fast growing pandemic and a major shortage of protective gear
in the US, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Though US President Donald Trump announced the “very, very large planeload
” of supplies before it was confirmed by Moscow, Peskov later said Russia
had agreed to help, as the pandemic “affects everyone without exception and
is of a global nature.”
Reports of the shipment prompted complaints from a number of American
pundits, who read vague ulterior motives into the gesture, seeing the aid as
a useless “propaganda ploy” at best, or even a pretext for a Russian spy
operation. But the supplies come just as the US’ emergency stockpile is
running dry, nearly depleted of vital protective gear for frontline
healthcare workers fighting the pandemic.
Last week, Moscow also sent 600 much-needed ventilators, as well as masks
and teams of medical experts, to virus-stricken Italy, where Covid-19 has
killed more people than in any other country. Russophobic commentators there
, too, were appalled, seeing the aid as a prelude to a Russian invasion,
however a number of top Italian officials have since expressed gratitude for
the “act of solidarity.” | w*****i
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