“The wife of an embassy employee suffered in our country, they were on the street at that time, but her wound was sewn up very quickly, so we have no fears. All other Russian citizens, our consular officers were immediately on the phones, but there was no data on the victims or injured, "RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
A powerful explosion occurred on August 4 near the seaport of Beirut. According to local authorities, the cause of the emergency was the detonation of 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate confiscated by the customs services stored in the warehouse.
According to the latest data, the death toll in the explosion in Beirut has risen to 113.