Second group of Russians evacuated from Gaza scheduled to arrive in Moscow on Tuesday

Society & Culture November 13, 2023, 23:46

According to the deputy head of the department, Alexey Serko, on November 13, 99 people, including 43 children, passed through the checkpoint

MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The second group of Russians that were evacuated from the Gaza Strip will be flown to Moscow on Tuesday, Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Alexey Serko said.

"Today, 99 people, including 43 children, have passed the crossing. We expect these people to be flown to the Domodedovo airport by an Emergency Situations Ministry plane tomorrow," he told reporters.

An IL-76 airplane earlier landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, bringing the first group of Russians that went into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing on November 12. A total of 169 Russians have passed through the crossing over the past two days.

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