The United States is airlifting firefighting equipment to Russia as part of a comprehensive governmentwide response to the severe, ongoing wildfires that have blazed across large areas of Russia in recent weeks.

Two U.S. Air Force C-130 military transports from the U.S. European Command and a charter flight from California landed in Moscow on the evening of August 13. Two more C-130 flights were expected to arrive the following day, and a second charter aircraft by August 17.

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