OREANDA-NEWS. A Russian plane with medical equipment on board flew to the United States. This was announced on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

"An airplane of the Russian Aerospace Forces with medical masks and medical equipment on board flew to the United States of America", the report said. According to the Russian media, the representative of the American administration, US authorities are expecting the arrival of the aircraft on Wednesday. According to him, he will deliver personal protective equipment and medical supplies.

On Tuesday, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the dispatch of the plane from Russia to the United States was in a telephone conversation between the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, on Monday. According to Peskov, assistance from the Russian side was offered against the backdrop of the difficult epidemiological situation in the United States, and Trump accepted it with gratitude.

A spokesman for the Russian head of state noted that "when offering American colleagues assistance, the president proceeds from the premise that when American manufacturers of medical equipment and materials gain momentum, they will also be able to reciprocate if necessary".