“Perhaps in the near future we will increase our grouping by the second echelon,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier it was reported that the first group of rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reached their place of deployment in the Turkish province of Kahramanmarash, which was most affected by the earthquake.

According to the latest information, 3,703 people died and 22,286 were injured as a result of the earthquake in Turkey.

The Newinform edition reported that more than 100 Russian rescuers arrived in Turkey, which suffered from powerful earthquakes.