Russia delivers new humanitarian aid to quake-hit China

Source: Xinhua | 05-20-2008 14:26

MOSCOW, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia delivered on Monday the fifth batch of humanitarian aid to China where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 34,000 lives.

A member of Russian rescue team rests near the  debris in the quake-hit Sichuan Province in  southwest China, May 18, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

One of the two Il-76 cargo planes, loaded with the aids, took off Monday evening and the other's departure is scheduled in the next hours, according to officials of the Emergency Ministry.

Those planes will carry tents, blankets, a mobile hospital and medicine to southwest China's Sichuan Province which was jolted most by the 8-magnitude quake last Monday, Itar-Tass reported.