According to the press service of the department, Gritsenko and the deputy head of the medical and rescue department Anatoly Chumichev were awarded with the cross For Valor.

The Emergency Situations Ministry medal “For Distinction in Emergency Response” was presented to Vladimir Kovalchuk, Head of the Operations Department, and awarded Alexander Shevchenko with a personalized firearm.

Earlier it was reported that the baby rescued in Magnitogorsk, along with his mother, returned home after treatment at the Moscow Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology.