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More than 170 tons of humanitarian aid from Russia for the first time sent to the Syrian province of hasakah. This was announced by Deputy chief of staff logistics troops of the armed forces in Syria, Colonel Maksim Gerasimov.

According to him, the collection was made in the port of Tartus, and to overcome the convoy will have more than 1.5 thousand kilometers to one side, writes TASS. Genomaps will be delivered in three settlements of the province, where it will be distributed among the local residents. Along the way to protect the relief convoys are the military police unit and army aviation.

Recall, the Russian container ship “Sparta-2” recently delivered to the Syrian port of Tartus, nearly 850 tons of humanitarian aid – a 53 of the container with cereals, canned food, tea. Deliveries of the Russian military decided in the shortest possible time in honor of a special occasion – the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war. The first convoy of seven cars went to the village of Hatley the province of Deir ez-Zor.