It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

"An airplane of the Russian Aerospace Forces with citizens of the Russian Federation evacuated from the city of Wuhan, People's Republic of China, landed at the airport of the Eastern Military District," the statement said.

According to the agency, after refueling, the liner will go to its final destination in the Tyumen region.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the first VKS plane flew from the Wuhan airport.

On February 4, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced that the Tyumen region would become the location of Russians evacuated from China.

The doctor and TV presenter Elena Malysheva in an interview with the FAN assessed the situation around the coronavirus from China.