Russia To Send Emergency Aid To India Including 20 Oxygen Production Units

"Vladimir Putin supported Narendra Modi during this difficult period of combatting the spread of the #coronavirus and informed him of the decision to send emergency humanitarian aid to India," Kremlin said in a statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his country's decision to send emergency humanitarian aid to India in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases in the second wave of the pandemic. The two leaders held telephone conversation in which they welcomed the registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in India. "Vladimir Putin supported Narendra Modi during this difficult period of combatting the spread of the #coronavirus and informed him of the decision to send emergency humanitarian aid to India," Kremlin said in a statement. "In particular, already today flights of the Russian Emergencies Ministry will deliver over 22 tonnes of necessary equipment, such as 20 oxygen production units, 75 lung ventilators, 150 medical monitors and 200,000 packs of medicine," the statement added.