“Aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Ministry of Defense involved in the & nbsp; evacuation of citizens from the & nbsp; Republic of Afghanistan & nbsp; landed on & ldquo; Chkalovsky & rdquo; Moscow region. The planes delivered from the & nbsp; Republic of Afghanistan citizens of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Ukraine and & nbsp; the Republic of Afghanistan & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said in the & nbsp; message.
It is clarified that & nbsp; now passengers are undergoing customs and & nbsp; anti-epidemic control.
The evacuation was organized by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on behalf of President Vladimir Putin. The Ministry of Defense created an air group of & nbsp; three military transport aircraft, which delivered 36 tons of humanitarian cargo to Kabul for the & nbsp; population of Afghanistan. On & nbsp; each of & nbsp; aircraft there were teams of military doctors with & nbsp; necessary equipment and & nbsp; medicines.
The previous Russian evacuation flight from & nbsp; Afghanistan took place on 25 & nbsp; August & nbsp; & mdash; ten days later, armed groups of the Taliban entered & nbsp; Kabul. * Then four aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces received about & nbsp; 400 citizens of Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan and & nbsp; Uzbekistan. All four aircraft also landed at & nbsp; Chkalovsky airfield.
* The organization is under UN sanctions for & nbsp; terrorist activities.