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How Russia and Belarus saved Turkish citizens

How Russia and Belarus saved Turkish citizens

13 февраля 2023
20:46

Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria’s northwestern province of Latakia on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI

There are no friends or foes in the epicenter of the elements, and grief erases borders and nationalities. Russia has always come to the aid of those who have had trouble, who cannot cope on their own.

As of February 13, according to the latest official data, the number of victims of the strongest earthquake in Turkey reached 31 643 people, and more than 74,000 people were injured. The country, located in a seismically dangerous territory and having already experienced monstrous losses from the underground elements in 1939, seemed to be unprepared for such destruction: help did not come to everyone and not immediately — there were simply not enough rescuers and equipment. The frosts that hit on the night of February 6 aggravated the situation, taking away the chances of salvation from people under the rubble. A flurry of accusations fell upon the President of the country R. Erodogan, but he said that it was simply impossible to prepare for such a large-scale disaster. At the same time, according to Turkish residents, some of the houses in Turkey are still built according to seismic standards that can withstand shocks up to 8 points, but this applies to newer buildings, and today every fifth building in the most affected Kahramanmaras has been destroyed. In Syria, the losses are many times less, but the rescue situation is complicated by the fact that the territory is under the control of Bashar al-Assad only partially, and partially captured by the opposition, which complicates the passage of rescuers.

Detachments of Russian and Belarusian rescuers arrived in Turkey among the first. A Russian Be-200 Amphibian aircraft also flew to help extinguish the burning port of Iskenderun. The Turkish President was touched by the sincere and quick reaction of his Russian colleague.

Fraternal Collaboration

… The night of February 7, Moscow, Zhukovsky airport, employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry are undergoing a pre-flight inspection, service dogs, Labradors and Malinois, who are trained to search for people under the rubble, also are flying — a total of seven canine crews. Guides and animals have already been on business trips around the world, helping the victims everywhere. And now two heavy transport aircraft IL-76 land at the airport of the southeastern city of Adana, a large industrial center with a population of more than two million people. It was the southeast that suffered the most from the earth shocks. The airport hall is closed for regular flights, rescuers are resting with dogs right on the floor, waiting for the equipment to be prepared for transfer to the province of Krahramanmarash, which suffered the most. The area is difficult to access, and it is the Russians who work here, because they brought all the necessary equipment and even a mobile hospital. According to Daniil Martynov, adviser to the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the mobile group consists of more than a hundred rescuers and the Centrospas squad. These are the best international specialists, and among the equipment there are many of the latest models — these are endoscopes and locators that are able to find people at a depth of 4.5 meters. But special hopes are placed on the search dogs, they were looking for victims after the explosion in the port of Beirut, and then managed to save the lives of many people.

On the Turkish streets, rescue crews are met by people moaning from despair and grief. There were not enough rescuers from the first moments of the earthquake, people littered with debris could not wait for their help for a long time, despite the fact that almost all countries responded and provided their rescuers. Unfortunately, it became known that the rescuers did not have time to save the Moscow family who were staying in Khatai, their bodies were found — a Russian woman, her Turkish husband and two children died without waiting for help from Turkish rescuers.

Belarus also promptly responded to the situation by sending a Zubr rescue team (Ministry of Emergency Situations) of 64 specialists with equipment to Turkey.

The first Belarusian rescue flight took off from the Machulishchi airfield on the morning of February 8. 32 specialists flew to the disaster zone — doctors, cynologists, a chemical and radiation safety reconnaissance group, and experts in assessing the stability of building structures. A day later, 32 rescuers arrived with a full set of equipment.

As Igor Zarembo, head of the Zubr, explained, the detachment can work offline for ten days at two sites at the same time.

The rubble is being cleared for the fifth day, the day before the Belarusians managed to pull out a living woman from under the rubble, who had been there for about three days and was exhausted, got hypothermia. But, unfortunately, such news is heard less and less — every hour the chances of finding the living among the piles of concrete are melting. On Thursday, February 9, the bodies of five dead and five survivors were recovered from the rubble. A two-year-old child was waiting for help for 78 hours …

On February 9, Belarusian rescuers with their Russian colleagues carried out a rescue operation in the center of Kahramanmarash. During the day, rescuers pulled out two women.

There may be people in the ruined hostel in the city center, and the Russian-Belarusian teams are doing everything possible to get through to them. Periodically, the jackhammer subsides to hear the voices of people littered with concrete, and work continues again. The international detachments are assisted by a Turkish volunteer who speaks Russian; he bought all the equipment so that he would be allowed to work. The destroyed hostel was dismantled until 8 pm and two more women were rescued. These days are the most important, because there is still a chance for salvation. Ahead of the new objects, the coordinates of which were given to the rescuers, and they will try to drive through the cluttered streets.

Russia also went to Syria — a detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, consisting of 50 people and three cynological teams, arrived in the Syrian city of Jebla; managed to get a 26-year-old man alive and several dead. There are more hopes for finding living people in Syria because the weather is much more favorable, without frost, but overhanging slabs complicate the work. During the day, the Russians managed to dismantle 27 rubble and save 42 people, including men with a child, who spent about 40 hours under the rubble. The Russian military is also helping: a humanitarian convoy brought food kits and essentials to Aleppo.

Belarus also is preparing to send humanitarian aid to Syria. At the same time, the Belarusian Red Cross announced a fundraiser to help victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

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