"Yesterday he personally arrived and examined how the protection of the Emergencies Ministry hospital is carried out," Vorontsov quotes TASS.
Earlier it was reported that the rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry during the operation removed the bodies of eight victims from the rubble after the explosion in Beirut.
On August 4, a powerful explosion occurred in the port area in the capital of Lebanon. More than 150 people died, about 5 thousand were injured.