the Epidemic of the coronavirus has affected many countries. The States of Europe, United in a single Union closed its borders and was unable to immediately help those in need of such assistance. In the end, a number of States have appealed for help to Russia, which, recall, is still running under the sanctions of the European Union. As happened many times in history, to help the peoples of Europe instructed… of the Russian army. So our military doctors were in Lombardy and in the Balkans. Their dedicated work has caused approval from the thousands of ordinary Europeans.
Roads Suvorov
Begun in China, the epidemic of coronavirus in a matter of months has spread around the world. The most affected in Europe was Italy. In the North, in the historic region of Lombardy, growing day by day the number of sick and dying within a short period turned the situation from critical to severe.
the Authorities appealed for help to the EU countries and Russia. And if being on the other side of the Alps Italy, the allies did not rush to help, in Moscow the request of Rome took very seriously.
Italy’s support in the war against coronavirus was abandoned by the military doctors, and also experts of biological protection. On March 24, the first heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 of the Russian space forces with the men and machinery departed from near Moscow Chkalovsky military airport in Italy. In total the crews for a short time performed 15 flights.
the Aircraft was delivered to Russian specialists at a military airbase Practice di Mare, near Rome. From there, the column of machinery moved on the deserted roads of the Italian North, in the center of an epidemic — the city of Bergamo. After 600 kilometers in two days, Russian military doctors got to the airport, Orio al Serio, which was already deployed a joint Italian-Russian team.
you can Command a group of military specialists tasked the Deputy commander of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological defense major-General Sergey Kikot. This is one of the leading experts in the field of application of special processing.
Russian specialists have been cast on the most difficult phase — where most needed their help. They instructed disinfection of pensions and homes for the elderly, because the elderly are at risk of coronavirus. “We will assist in those 65 boarding houses of the city, where lack of medical staff. Especially where expect help elderly people”, — said Sergey Kikot after arrival our specialists in Bergamo.
arrive In Italy eight medical and nursing teams. The composition of each physician, anesthesiologist, Intensivists and epidemiologists. One team had on average 7-9 pensions.
the Russian doctors togethertogether with their Italian colleagues deployed a field hospital is intended for admission of seriously ill patients.
Directing people to the source of infection, the high command has thought about their security. Doctors and teams of disinfectors operate exclusively in the protection insulating type, equipped with a tight masks. This equipment includes the system of forced air supply, which is a multi-stage filtration. Also in the Arsenal of the Russian military doctors have clothing for biological protection, which is designed to protect from different kinds of dangerous microbes and viruses.
the group of experts in biological protection for a short time did a great job. They fumigated the building, site, streets in Bergamo and the neighboring towns with Loud, Valbondione, Clusone, Cheney, Bertola… In every city brigade laborious, meter by meter, was treated with disinfectant every hospital room, corridors and staircases.
Over the past week, the Russian military conducted the disinfection of more than 300 thousand square meters of internal areas, more than 30 thousand square meters of roads.
strangely enough, but among the Italian media there were those who aid the Russian military did not like. But ordinary Italians on social networks praised the Russian aid.
“fine, Thank you! This is way better than 30,000 American soldiers without masks, which would come to NATO exercises Defender of Europe 2020. What we haven’t figured out from whom we need protection? Thank you Russia, thank you Putin!” — wrote one Italian Twitter users.
“these are our friends, and we reciprocate the sanctions, the shame!” comments Sig Gefrico. “Sanctions, which are then punished by the Italian company… We are really stupid” — supported its user Alessandro.
the Russian doctors thanked him and the chief of the General staff of the armed forces of the Italian Republic General Enzo Micarelli, who had arrived at the base to Orio al Serio and met with the command of the Russian humanitarian mission.
“I want to Express my gratitude to the Russian military for the disinfection and treatment of the different agencies. And special thanks to eight teams of Russian doctors who now work together with our doctors in the hospitals of Bergamo,” said the General Vicarelli.
Many Italians, expressing sympathy for the Russian military, unfurled posters with words of gratitude to Russian and Italian languages.
netizens have noted that the situation in the North of Italy echoes with the times of the Italian campaign of Suvorov, and the crew of the Russian squadron of Admiral Ushakov 1799-1800 years. Our military experts are at war with the virus in Northern Italy, where he once fought the Russians ��readery.
God In heaven and on earth — Russia
behind Italy with the support of Russia, asked Serbia. Here the Russian military happen more often than in Italy, participating in joint exercises with the Serbian army.
the Second April, the President of Serbia Alexander Vucic in conversation with his Russian counterpart asked for support in fighting the epidemic of coronavirus. Vladimir Putin has promised to provide the necessary assistance. And she doesn’t have to wait long.
April 3, at the airport of Belgrade that bears the name of the deceased in 1999, the pilot-Colonel Milenko Pavlovic, took the first FSI Russian planes with Russian doctors and special equipment on Board.
To the aid of Serbia were deployed more than 80 soldiers and representatives of the Ministry of health of Russia. Manages the unit chief of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Western military district the General-the major Mikhail Chernyshev.
as well as in Italy, Serbia, the Russian military physicians came to the aid of seriously ill, and experts of biological protection started to disinfect the streets, hospitals and other administrative buildings in Belgrade, NIS and other cities.
they Worked in the city of Valjevo, where there was the most difficult epidemiological situation. Got sick and died, the head of the city Assembly, the work of the authorities and emergency services was partially paralyzed.
the Headquarters of the struggle against plague in the city was the building known to locals as the Russian hospital. Here 105 years ago worked Russian doctors, who helped the Serbs to fight the epidemic of typhus.
Our military doctors also support doctors in the towns of NIS, Kraljevo, Sambar, Pancevo and Cuprija. As stressed in the defense Ministry, the experience gained will be useful in the fight against coronavirus in Russia.
Experts biological protection disinfecting the building of the Belgrade Institute of Oncology and radiology, and medical centers “Dedinje” and “Terrace” and Military medical Academy, where all countries will take seriously ill by the coronavirus.
Privolnoye the premises are also disinfected. For this purpose, 16 dedicated machines. Processed hundreds of thousands of square meters of premises and territories.
the Work of our staff covering the Serbian media. Thus, the TV channels showed a video report from the processing of the Belgrade hospital “people’s front”. After that, the Network appeared several caustic comments against European neighbours Serbia.
“If the European Union was our friend, we are told, they would have sent a hundred of these machines. They did not send any. This means that our friend — Russia. Thank you!” — wrote Twitter user Jovice Antonic.
“the Only one who can stop this epidemic, is Russian. Because they are always fighting with the bad. Stay Where (in Serbia. — “MK”) further: God is in heaven and on earth — Russia”, — says the user Dragomir Edan.
Russia’s Support and praised the Serbian authorities. The President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said that the mission of Russian military physicians became “proof of solidarity and mutual trust between Russia and Serbia”.
In Italy there is a decrease in the daily number of cases of coronavirus. In many respects it became possible thanks to the efforts of Russian doctors. In several cities of Serbia, Russian military doctors have also been able to achieve success even in such a short time. And there is no doubt that if necessary they will use this experience in Russia.
