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12 August 201619:12
Press release on providing humanitarian assistance to Portugal to fight wildfires
Following the request of the leadership of the Portuguese Republic, the Russian Government adopted a decision to provide urgent assistance to Portugal to fight wildfires in the north of the country. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry will send two Be-200 firefighting planes, which should arrive in Portugal early in the morning of August 13, where they will join Portuguese forces to combat the natural disaster over the next week.