The first plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew after the Russians to Wuhan

"The first aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew from the airfield of the Eastern Military District to evacuate Russian citizens from the city of Wuhan, China," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

In the Eastern Military District on the morning of February 4, they said that the planes of the Aerospace Forces of Russia were preparing to fly from Buryatia to China to evacuate the Russians.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that 132 Russian citizens expressed their desire to urgently leave Hubei Province in China, where the coronavirus spread.