OREANDA-NEWS The IL-76 aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations will deliver more than 50 Russian and Belarusian citizens from Beirut, the ministry's press service reported.

"A special flight with citizens of Russia and Belarus and their family members who wished to leave the conflict zone flew from Beirut to Moscow. 56 people will arrive on the territory of the Russian Federation," the Ministry of Emergency Situations told reporters.

The evacuation was carried out in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, on behalf of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Alexander Kurenkov and the Russian Foreign Ministry.