Russia evacuated 116 Russian citizens and nationals of other ex-Soviet states on two planes belonging to the emergencies Ministry which flew them from the Syrian port city of latakia, the ministry said onWednesday.
The first plane, an Ilyushin-76 cargo plane, brought back 89 people wanting to leave the conflict-torn country and landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport late on Tuesday.“On board were 89 people wanting to leave Syria, including 75 Russians,” emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius said in a statement on the ministry website. “They are mostly women and children.”
The second plane landed in latakia on Wednesday and returned to Moscow, the emergencies Ministry said.