"More than 200 rescuers and 30 pieces of equipment from the Tula and Noginsk rescue centers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry have been sent to the peninsula," the agency reports to TASS.

It is specified that rescuers will be engaged in emergency recovery work on the peninsula and provide targeted assistance to the population.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to provide assistance in eliminating the consequences of the disaster in Crimea.