“Today Putin listened to a report from the Minister of Emergency Situations Evgeny Zinichev on the situation with flooding as a result of torrential downpours in the city of Nizhnie Sergi in the Sverdlovsk Region,” Peskov said.

Earlier it was reported that in the Sverdlovsk region in the city of Nizhnie Sergi, more than 200 residential buildings were flooded due to the downpour, rescue work is underway. A grouping of forces and assets in the amount of 255 people, 52 pieces of equipment, 19 boats were involved in eliminating the consequences.