News Breaking News Russia despatches relief copters to Burma
Russia despatches relief copters to Burma
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 12:46

At least seven helicopters left Moscow airbase this morning carrying relief material for Burmese cyclone victims.

Sources told Mizzima that the military choppers are carrying food and medicine. The copters left  at about 8  a.m Russian  Standard Time  and may reach Rangoon  this evening.

On May 6, Russian president Vladimir Putin offered aid to the Burmese regime.
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"We are at a critical point. Unless more aid gets into the country very quickly, we face an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dwarf today's current crisis,"

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