According to RIA Novosti, the aircraft is equipped with overflow devices with a capacity of 42 tons.
In Krasnoyarsk, aviation equipment was also sent to the air force and air defense units of the Central Military District.
Dmitry Bulgakov, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, at a meeting in Krasnoyarsk, said that 4-5 military aircraft would simultaneously extinguish fires.
According to him, at the moment fires do not pose a threat to localities.