A Russian plane carrying medical equipment for the United States landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday, the Russian permanent mission told, EDNews reports citing TASS.
A well-informed source told TASS that the aircraft could be unloaded starting at 5:00pm.
On Monday, the presidents of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, reached an agreement in a phone call that Russia would send an aircraft with aid to the United States. Russia’s Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the pandemic is threatening the whole world, so nations should team up to combat it.