(MENAFN- QNA) Some 300 Russian citizens aboard two separate planes have been evacuated from war-torn Yemen. The Russia-bound planes landed in Cairo to refuel, a source told RIA news agency.At 02:25 a.m. Moscow Time on Friday, the first plane, carrying Russian citizens evacuated from Yemen, landed at the Chkalovsky Airport in the Moscow Region. Few hours later, the second plane landed at the military airport base as well.
Two planes that Russia had sent to Yemen to evacuate its citizens from the conflict-torn country landed at the Chkalovsky Airport in the Moscow Region, an anonymous source has told RIA Novosti.
According to the source, the first plane landed at 02:25 a.m. Moscow time on Friday, or 23:25 p.m. GMT on Thursday. There were 162 people on board the first plane. Apart from 120 Russian citizens, the aircraft was carrying several nationals of other countries, including Belarus, Poland and Ukraine.
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