Putin offers medical assistance to Trump to contain the serious coronavirus epidemic in the US.
A Russian plane carrying medical and protective equipment has been sent to the US, announced Kremlin presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
247 - Russia will send a plane with medical equipment to the United States to help its healthcare professionals in the fight against the coronavirus. As announced on Tuesday (31) by Vladimir Putin's presidential spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, the aircraft will take off this Wednesday.
Moscow's involvement in efforts to contain the coronavirus in the U.S. was one of the topics discussed in the phone conversation held on Monday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump, the spokesman explained.
"In the context of the serious epidemiological situation in the United States, the Russian side offered assistance in the form of medical equipment and protective gear," reports the RIA news agency, Peskov. "Trump appreciated this humanitarian aid," it added. Russia Today.