“Colleagues report that there are enough forces and means.
Tactical actions will continue tonight, which will be carried out directly on this forest fire, ”TASS quoted him as saying.
The minister added that 12 aircraft are taking part in extinguishing the fire.
“Moscow is very good at helping with equipment and people,” he said.
Earlier it was reported that Kurenkov went to the Ryazan region in order to coordinate the extinguishing of large pockets of forest fires.